This is an analysis of the poem L’apprenti Sorcier that begins with:

Suddenly there came to me
The music of a mighty sea...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaXdXdeaccffggXbaaffbbbaehhiijjffeakkccll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 47,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101 01000101 11011101 1000101 11011111 0101011 01011101 01011101 10010101 11010101 01010100 01110111 01011100 11110100 10111101 01010101 11011101 01010101 11011010010 010111010 011100101 01010101 11010111 111100101 10010101 10011101 11010101 11011101 11110111 11111101 1001100 10101111 01010011 01010111 01010101 101111001 11110100 11010001 1101111 01010100 0101110 11010001 011101001 10111101 10010101 11111111 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1536
  • Average number of words per stanza: 297
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, and, in are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of L’apprenti Sorcier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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