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

En sa robe, couleur de feu et de poison,
Le cadavre de ma raison...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAX bXXX XXXX XbcbXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXcXcXXXX XXAX XXXbXXccbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,8,8,4,12,4,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011010 0100110 11110 11011110 100010000101 1110110 101110110 11010110111 11101001 1101100 10001101 10110110 01101011 1010101 0111011 10111000 10110000 10111011 111011100 1111 1110001 1010100110 1110111 10111101 10111010 111111 10001 11110100 1111101 1110101 11111100 111111100 111011100 10001101000 111001100 111100010 100101011 111010100 10100101 1101101000 1010100 1010100 11101000 11101011100 101100 0100110 11110 1111110 11011110 11111101 10111111 10110100 1101011 11111001 10111001 11111010110 1011100 1000110 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • 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; de, des, au are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e, res, es are repeated).

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

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

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