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

Il faut admirer tout pour s'exalter soi-même
Et se dresser plus haut que ceux qui ont vécu ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXaXXX XXXabX XaXXXa XXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111001111 111101111111 0101010110 110100011 10110111001 11101111101 1111101111 11110110 110111011 10101111001 111010111010 101111111010 1011111110 110101011 00111010 100011110 101011100100 10111111000 101010111111110 1100011110101 10111100111001 101111101011 110110111111 1111011111111111 11001101010 11101011010 11100111011 1011111101110 1101010000110 11100111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, de, m, en, me, des are repeated.

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

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

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