This is an analysis of the poem Une Statue (3) that begins with:

Prenant pour guide clair l'astre qu'était son âme,
A travers des pays d'ouragans et de flammes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXab XXXabX XXXX aXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111011 010111001010 1111111100 1111110 10111111011 101001000111 11110101110 1111100 11101111111 11100010111101 11001010111 01010111111 1100111001 1010111110 111011100 111010011 1101111111110 110111111101 1110101110111 010010110111 1111101011 11101010001 1111010111 111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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, sa are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word on at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e, es, re are repeated).

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

  • summary of Une Statue (3);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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