This is an analysis of the poem Décadents that begins with:

Nos pères étaient forts, et leurs rêves ardents,
S’envolaient d’un coup d’aile au pays de Lumière....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX 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: 111111110 10011111010 11111001111 110101110101 101010110110 110011111110 1101011100 1011010010 110110010 11001010110 1110110110 110111100 11110111010111 10101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, nous, la are repeated.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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