This is an analysis of the poem Les Pêcheurs À Cheval that begins with:

Vagues d'argent et beau ciel clair
Le flot sur les grèves se vide....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa XXXXbXX XXXcXbbX cXXXXXX XXbXXX XXXXXXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,8,7,6,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111 01111111 11110010 11000101011 11111110 110110 1010 110110 1101110111 10111110011 10 11010 1011001010 11111 100101 11000 011011011 11001111 1110 11111111 101101100 0101111101 11011111111 1011011011 1101 11011011 1010111 10011001 1010101111 11101110 1100100 111101111011 10111111001 111010110011 110001111111 10011010 11010110010 11000100 11011101 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; les, on, de, dans, la are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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