This is an analysis of the poem Chanson De Route Arya that begins with:

Fiers sur nos chevaux, tribu souveraine
Poussons devant nous les troupeaux bêlants,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XaXXX XXXbX aXXaX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX aXXXX XXcXX XXXXX XbXXX aXaXX XXXXX aXbXX XaXXc bXXXX XXaXX XXbXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010100 101011101 111001101 101001111 1001110110 100111110 110111101 1110011011 11101110100 111011001 100111100 110101110 1110111011 0110010111 1110010110 111001010 11101010110 1101011101 1101110110 1010111010 1011111101 1011010011 111111111 1110110010 1011011110 1011010010 100111111 101011110 110111101 11111001 11110111000 1010011010 0110010010 110111111 1001111100 1101011 110111010 1111011110 0100111010 100111110 1011010111 1111011010 1111001111 1111001011 101111011 0111011010 11101110 0111011001 1011001111 1111011111 1110011101 111011100 110101110 1001110110 101010100 011100111 0101001001 010110001 1110110010 101010111 11010110100 111011011 10111110 11010111 10111110100 1100101011 10111110110 11111111 1011011110 11111101 111111001 101111011 100111110 010011110 111111111 1111011110 111100110100 1110011100 11111111110 101111010 011101100 1001001101 1100101110 101011110 1101010010 1111011010 110101101100 1011010111 1010111010 100101111 111010100 110011110 101111101 1100011011 11011110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • 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; les, leurs, du, et, la, le are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Chanson De Route Arya;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Charles Cros