This is an analysis of the poem Au Bord Du Quai that begins with:

Et qu'importe d'où sont venus ceux qui s'en vont,
S'ils entendent toujours un cri profond...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXaXXXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011101111 1100101110 1100110 110111101111 11110111111 11000111001 1011010 11101100 10101111001 1011100 10111111 1101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; de is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Au Bord Du Quai;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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