This is an analysis of the poem Les Chaumes that begins with:

A cropetons, ainsi que les pauvres Maries
Des légendes de l'autrefois,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX bXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010111010 1100100 11001111 1100110 10101011010 100011000 0111110 11110010 0100101110100 1011110 111011 101000100 10111101010 111001010 10011110 1101110 01001011110 11100100 11101101 11101000 101101110001 111000100 11110111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; les is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Les Chaumes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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