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

Pour le tombeau de Théophile Gautier
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1010010100 100110111011 110111111010 10111111101 10101111111 111011111 101110100111 101001110 010101100111 110011111100 1101011110 10111111100 111101111101 110101010010 101110111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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.

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

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

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