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

Les coquelicots noirs et les bleuets fanés
Dans le foin capiteux qui réjouit l’étable,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX abXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1100011111 101100111 1111110100 011111010 110011110101 01001110110 110010111100 11110011111 111111001111 11010111010 01011010111 1010110111 111110110110 110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; le is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word s 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 Avenir;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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