This is an analysis of the poem Le Flambeau Vivant (The Living Torch) that begins with:
Ils marchent devant moi, ces Yeux pleins de lumières,
Qu'un Ange très savant a sans doute aimantés...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX abXX cdX XeX F gcbX hXaf ihX jdd X F bgbg aeae iig jjg d X hihi afaf eeb hhX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,3,3,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011110100 10110101110 11011011111 101111110 11001110111 11001111101 1111001111110 1110111010 10111001101 101101111001 1011111100 111111001 11011001011 101101111111 0101 110101110101 10110110010 110110111101 100011101000 111011101101 111101011010 111100111101 1110010101 100111110010 11011101 1011111101 1110111100100 111000100011 11111111 010110100 0101 1111011011 11010100011 1001111101 1011010011 11010011101 00110101101 1111011111 010001101011 0101110101 1100111111 1101110101 11011111110 11011011010 1111110101 0101110 01010 1101110101 1111011101 11110010101 11001011101 11010011101 1111010101 1111001111 100100011001 0101110101 01011101001 1011011101 1111110101 1101110111 1111111101 0101101011
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; res, s, tout, my, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ils, they are repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Le Flambeau Vivant (The Living Torch);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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