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

Sitôt que le soleil dans le matin luisait,
Comme un éclat vermeil sur un saphir immense, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXXX XXa XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11001101010 11110111001 11111010101 111010101100 1111110110 1110111011 10101011000 1111111110 1111100101111 10110110010 101010011100 11101010110 111001111110 101110100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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