This is an analysis of the poem À La Mer that begins with:
Les baigneurs somnolents se traînent sur la grève,
Les membres harassés, l’esprit en désarroi....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXa XbbX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101001110111 1101010110 11111111011 111111111101 11111111001 11101111101111 1110111011 11011110101 11101011100 01100111101 1100110110111 101110111000 11011110100 100100101101 1010101110011 1101101111 0111111100 11010010100 110101101110 11010011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; un, l, de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word les is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tre is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of À La Mer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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