Landscape by Charles Baudelaire: poem analysis

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

In order to write my chaste verses I’ll lie
like an astrologer near to the sky...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXceeccffcXgghhcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01001111011 1101001001 1101101001 011011011 11101101 110110111 010010110010 01111100100 001011101001 1010110101 01001100100 10110101010 1100110101 11101001001 111111101 11100010001 111011010 10100101010 1011110111 1001010111 01111001101 111111111 11011001 00100111110 100110111 101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 213
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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