This is an analysis of the poem Les Champignons (Conversation Exercise) that begins with:

Let us go now and seek mushrooms
For supper. Stewed with milk...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXbXcdXcbedXdXfgXbXbebbXXdcbcbhhafbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 110101 100101001 110101101 11011110 11110 0011 111010011010 01101 01101 1111110 11110010 1110001101 00011 10010 11101 00101001101011 101000010 10010 100100010 0010011010 1010101110 10101010100 10011001 1110001010 0011110010 1011001011001010 101110110 1110 100101 11010 1000010 101010101101111010 01100101 00111 10111011110100101 111001010 0010010 100101111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 256
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; it, not, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words many, it are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mushroom is repeated).

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

  • summary of Les Champignons (Conversation Exercise);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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