This is an analysis of the poem La Rêve Du Poète that begins with:

Ce serait sur les bords de la Seine. Je vois
Notre chalet, voilé par un bouquet de bois....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXaaXXXXXXXXXbXXbXccXXXXXXXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110110111 10111110101 110110110101 11100101011 10100111110110 110110111 1100100111100 111010111011 1111110010110 1110010101110 11011100110 1100111010101 11011101 1101010111 111110101101 111100111110 10110011100 1110110111111 11010101111 11011111011 1011111111 11111111101 1111000101110 111010110011 11111010010 101111100 1101011101 110000111111 111000110011 11010111110111 110010100111 110110110111 10101100110 111100110110 11100011110111 11000011011 1110001110 10111110 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 902
  • Average number of words per stanza: 164
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; un, de, des, ces, et, la, en are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines s is repeated).

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

  • summary of La Rêve Du Poète;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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