This is an analysis of the poem Le Masque that begins with:

La couronne formidable des rois
En s'appuyant de tout son poids...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX abXX XXXX XXXa bXXa XXXX XXXXXXXXXX bXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,10,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100011 11000111 11101 10101100 10 01111111 1101100 10001100 111010 011011 0111110 1011100 1111011 1111110 111001 1101011 101111 1011101111 1101001 01110000 1001101111 11001100 1011101 1110111100 101010111 1101100 1110111 1111110 111011100 11100100011 1111111 1001111 11011110 1100 111 1011110 1010111000 111001 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; les is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word le at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

  • summary of Le Masque;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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