This is an analysis of the poem Le Cygne (The Swan) that begins with:

À Victor Hugo
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  • Rhyme scheme: a b XXcX dddX XXXX XXXX efef XdXd XgXX X XhXX XXig XXXX XXXj XXXX Xklk M A b igno pdpq ohrf koXh eqjf qfXX Xbfj X pmph bodg hXiX Xolq joso omdg X M A sjsj gdgd dodo kjkj qqqX riXi bdbd X eheh jgjg bsps Xbhb roro dodo d l b coco eqeq omom hkok tqt
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010 1 10011111101 11110110100 1010011001 11010111110 01101101 111100011101 0110111111 1111101110 1111110011110100 1101001101 1101111011110 11011001110 11010110 111111011111 1110011111 11110011100 110111011 1011110011 101100101110 111011111001 10100011111 110011011101 111101110011 111110011110 1011001110 10110011001 111100101110 1110011001 1 101111110 1101110001 1101111010 111101111111 101011011010 1111110101101 1110101101 111111111 100111111 1111101010 111011101 1101111 1111110110 100111110110 110010011010 1011001001 1001011111110 10101110001 111101111 1101001111 10111110110 11101110101 111110010110 11011011011 01 01010 1 10011011101 110111110101 001100011010 111010111 100110110100 1110101101 110011010010 101100110101 111001001101 110101110001 011111010010 100101010101 1001001111 11101010110010 010111101010 011011001010 11011101001 1101100011 1101101000101 010110011001 100101001 1111101101 11011101011 111101111101 010111101010 0100101011 101010101001 10101001 1 101011011010 111100100101 1101011111010 111100110011 1010101100101 110111001010 010001101011 010011101101 100110100001 00101000010110 101010011101 1001001110100 110010101100 101101100011 010111010100 01001101 001011110101 011001110101 110111110011 001010100110 100110011101 110100110101 110010010111 001000100010101 010110100 01 01010 100010101 1011110101 0111000101 010101101 0111111101 1111001101 1100111001 1011011101 01111101010 01111101110 01111100010 1101110001 10010011 1101011010101 1111101111 100110101 0101011101 0101101101 1011010101 00110111010 10010001010 0101000101 10011111010 1101111101 0111010101 010010101 0101010111 1100010001 1 1011101111 1100110011 0111010101 1100110011 10010110111 1111011111 1001010001 1111011101 1101110100 0101110111 1111010100 110101001 11100111010 1001110101 01010011101 1001110101 01011110010 01110111010 11011101110 11010100110 1001001111 0101011111 1101010111 1011110101 0101110 010 1 100011110 0101011110 1010101101 111010101 11010111001 1101011101 1100111101 0111010101 10110010100 0101010101 0101011101 0111011101 110100101001 1111111101 11010111001 0101010101 0110011101 1001010101 1011011101 1011000101 1001010101 1001011101 1011011101 1101011101 1001110110 1001010101 10011001110 1110010111 1 1110110101 1111110101 1101010101 011100101001 1101010101 1111010100 1001111111 11001011101 100010101 1101011100 01001101101 1101010100 1101100100 1001011101 0101010110 0101010001 1101110111 1111111111 0001111111 0101110100 1001001111 11001011101 1101011111 0100101101 0101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 68
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 235
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, les, le, et, la, aux, of, his, its, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words l, vers, toward, of, and, the, up are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Le Cygne (The Swan);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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