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

Paix sur terre aux hommes de bonne volonté
Les maris voudraient agir l'outil n'a pas de manche...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111110110 1101010101101 111011111101 11111011100 110101110110 1110011101 11010011010010 11101111010 11101100110 111011011001 111001110110111111 111010111001 101 11101011100 11101111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

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