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

Aux arbres il faut un ciel clair,
L’espace, le soleil et l’air,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXX XXXXbX XXXXXX XbXXaX XXXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 1000111 11110111 1101111 11011110 11001110 11111110 00111111 1001110 1101011 11101011 110010 111001110 1111100 1111111 11111 10110011 11111 10110101 1110011 11100111 111111110 0110011 1100110 1010101 10111010 101110 1111111 101101 11100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; l, il, et are repeated.

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

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

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

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