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

Le jour
Ils se croisaient dans leur étable et dans leur cour, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXX XXXbX ccXXXbbX aXXXcXXX XbXXXa XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,8,8,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 1111011101111 110110011 11111100101 11111011 10101110111000 1101011110 1010100111011 11110011110 1101001110111 111101 111101011010 1011011100 111011001000 11110100 110011 1110 11101101101 01001 11111001011 110111011 1111010 111011110 110111011111 110110110 011110 011011 11 111101111 101010 111100 101010100 111010011 10 1110 1111110 1101101110 10110111110 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; et, de are repeated.

    The author used the same word ils at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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