This is an analysis of the poem L'Horloge (The Clock) that begins with:
Horloge! dieu sinistre, effrayant, impassible,
Dont le doigt nous menace et nous dit: «Souviens-toi!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXb XXXX C bXdd aefa bXdc Xegb fhfX XXeX X C fdfd dede bibX Xjgj hehe kdkX i C fgfg dkdX fdgX jaja aaaa bdbX Xk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110100100 101110111101 110010111110 1110011111 010100101100 101010110110 1101111001 110111110 1111111110 10101101011 101001111100 11111101110 010101101010 11001110110 1101011110 101111111101 101101011110 11011011111 0111110101 010101110111 11001101010 1101011111 10100111111010 1111011110111 01 010110101001 11010111100 0100100101 001101100010 1001001010010 111011010001 10010010010010 10010011001010 110110111010 1001001000 00111111101 111111101101 010101111010 1101111100 10100101101 1111010101001 0101001010 1101101001001 01110110010 001111010111 1010101011 1101011101 110010010101 1101111000110 010110100 01 01110111110 01001011101 10010101010 1100010011 0001010011 11010010001 1101010001 11010100101 110111110010 1010011111 00111101010 1111101101 01010111010 11010101001 1101010011 0101010101 01010100001 1110110111 1100010101 11100101011 1011010110 1101011101 0101110111 01111100110 0101110 01 1001101101010 1011100010101 10110011001010 0111010111101 1000101111101 100101010101 110101110101 010011110101 01011101101110 10010111111 011111011101 11111111100101 100101101011 1101011111001 110101111111 010111010001 1001010111101 101101001110 110111110101 0101010011111 1101001110111 0111110111101 1100101110101 0101110001101 01011011001
- Amount of stanzas: 30
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 105
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; la, le, o, into, when, and, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words chaque, le, o, the, when are repeated.
The author used the same words remember, the, 'remember at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' 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 L'Horloge (The Clock);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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