This is an analysis of the poem Le Sonneur that begins with:
Comme un troupeau de boeufs aveugles,
Avec effarement, là-bas, au fond des soirs,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX aXX XXXXXX BXXXXXXXX cX BXXdaXcXXdXX XX BXbXXXXXaXXX XX BXXXXXXXX XX BcXXXcXXXXXX X XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,9,2,12,2,12,2,9,2,12,1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001100 101000111111 1001 11111101101 11100101110 110101 0110111 11101101 10 1010101101 111 0101111 11 1011111 101100100 1110010 0110101100 1100110100 1001101011 11111010 11011001 0110111001 11111111 11 110110011 1010101110 1110111111 1100111 01001100 1111111 110111100100 01111100 111000011011 11101111 111111 0110111101 11110111 11 01111100 111011001 1011010 101110011111 11001110 10100111 101111010 111111 1010110 11110110011 1001 01101100111010 111111010 11 1110111010 111001 111001101101 0110110010 1011010 1101110 111010000 11101011011 0110101110 111111010 11 11010 1010101 11110111 11111111 100001 0110 111110 1110111 10111110 1101000 10110 0110111 1111100011 11101111
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; le, les, des, et, de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word elle is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines te, es are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase le connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Le Sonneur;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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