This is an analysis of the poem L’ Étranger that begins with:
-Qui aimes-tu le mieux, homme énigmatique, dis? ton père,
ta mère, ta s«ur ou ton frère?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1101011100111 1111111 11111111111 110 1110110110111 1011100 1100 10111011011 11 1110010011100 1 110111101 110111010110 101101101101111 110010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; re, ni are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of L’ Étranger;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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