This is an analysis of the poem Conseil Absurde that begins with:

Autant que moi malade et veule, as-tu goûté
Quand ton être ployait sous les fièvres brandies,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011111 11110111010 1111001100 0101001000 11011111110 11101110010 11100011101 1111111111 11101111010 10010111011 1110111110 1111010101110 110111111 11111010010 11111001100 111111110 10111000100 100110010111 101000111010 111011100110 11110110100 111111001 1110101011 111011101000 100010100011 0101101000110 110111010110 11110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, qui are repeated.

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

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

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

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