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

Je vous invoque ici, Moines apostoliques,
Chandeliers d'or, flambeaux de foi, porteurs de feu, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010110000 101110011001 1010011101000 1001011001 1000101110010 10010011010 1101111010 1110111010 101011010100 100101110010 1010111100 11010111001 10111101100 100111111010 10100010100 11001011001 10010100010 100110101 1110111000 1011011111 101011101100 10011010110 01010101101 11101111101 1010011100 10101010110 100101111000 110101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, des, s are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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