This is an analysis of the poem Scène D'Atelier that begins with:

Sachant qu’Elle est futile, et pour surprendre à l’aise
Ses poses, vous parliez des théâtres, des soirs...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX aXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101011011101 1101101111 100110101110 011111100110 10011010111 010100110100 11010110001 11111101010 111010100111 111111111100 11111110101 11010101010 111001110110 110111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; des is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Scène D'Atelier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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