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

Les jours d'hiver quand le froid serre
Le bourg, le clos, le bois, la fange,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XaXXaXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXX XXXX bXaXXXXX XXXXXXcaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,14,17,4,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011 01010111 1001101 11000110 1101101 10101011 11001111 1011101 1110111 1111111 11111010 1011111 1110111 11101001 111110 10111101000 1100101110 0111110 111011 1101101 110011 1110010 10101111 100110 101101110 1111110 1101110 1100110 1100111110 1011 111111 11 11110000 11101 10111 110111 10111110 1110111 11001100 011011 1101011 10111111 100111110111 01001100 1110101 1111110 11001 1101111 101001010 101101 11110111 1111 11110 111001000 10001111 11010011 1010 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, de, et, les, s are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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