This is an analysis of the poem Duellum (The Duel) that begins with:
Deux guerriers ont couru l'un sur l'autre, leurs armes
Ont éclaboussé l'air de lueurs et de sang....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXX XXXX XXX XXX C adXe XaXe ada afd X c gege bfbf ddX aha c C dede fafa chchff Xg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011011111 110101101 1111000111100 1101110100 1101111010 111111101 101111110 1011101101 101011111110 11101011 111100100110 1111001101 101110100100 10100100101 010 110010111011 10010111 010010011011 011001010101 01110111 110101010101 101011010010 110001101011 000110110110 110100101101 111011101010 0010011011 1111010110101 10100110000100 010110100 10 1101010101 0101110101 1101110101 0110010101 01110111110 11011101010 01010110010 01100100010 00011111010 110100101010 10111010101 0101110111 1101110101 0101011101 0101110 010 110010010101 11100111101 0101011101 0110010101 0111010101 0111111101 01011100101 1111110001 00011111010 1101010101 11111100110 0101111101 1111110101 1111011111 0101110
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; les, s, des, of are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Duellum (The Duel);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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