This is an analysis of the poem Exhortation that begins with:

Être homme ? tu le peux. Va-t'en, guêtré de cuir,
L'arme au poing, sur les pics, dans la haute bourrasque, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XXX XXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111101 11111111110 1101101011011 111001100101 101101110110 11100011011 111111110110 1110101010111 1011101110010 11110110111 110110101110 11101010101 101001111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; le is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Exhortation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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