This is an analysis of the poem La Bêche that begins with:

Le gel durcit les eaux ; le vent blémit les nues.
A l'orient du pré, dans le sol rêche ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXX XaX XXXXX XX XXXX aX XXXXXX aa XXXXX b XXbXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,5,2,4,2,6,2,5,1,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101101111 010011011 01111011011 010011 1111011 10111 11111010 1101001 1111010 111011 110111010001 11111 11111100 10111011010 110111100100 11101110 111110111110 1000111110 1111011 1001010 1110101 10011010 1111110 1101101000 111111 1110111 1111001 1001011 11011010111100 1111110 110011110101110 010011 1111111010 1111111010 111111111111 01111111110 1101 11101010 11101101110 010011011 101011110 01011110 101111011 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; le, et, les, la, des are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines che, tre, re are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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