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

Je suis l'halluciné de la forêt des Nombres,
Le front fendu, d'avoir buté, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX bXXXX XXXcX X XXXXXc X XXX XXXXX X XXXbXX X XXXX XXX XXX X aXXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,5,1,6,1,3,5,1,6,1,4,3,3,1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100011110 0110101 1001110 10101011 110011001 111110010 1110011 1011010 110101110 11011100 1000110 111111 100101111100 111100011110 111010110110 11110001011 100110 11001101100 110001110110 10101110110 111100011110 1110101100 111101100 1011100 111111 11110010 0110110 11101110 11101100 111100011110 10010101000100 1001100100 101110111100 1110111100111 011011011100 1101101110110 111100011110 110111110 110111 111110 101111010 1001010 111111110 111001110 101101110 10101100 0110101 111100011110 1010111 0101110 11011100 1000110 111111 100101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, ils, mes, avec are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines clair, mes are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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