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

Tu chantes avec les autres tandis que les phonographes galopent
Où sont les aveugles où s'en sont-ils allés...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXb XXXX CXCXdXX XbXef fXXXXX XXXXd X X XXXXXXXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,7,5,6,5,1,1,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011010111000100 11110011111 11111111110010 1110001101101011 1001111010101 11110101111010010 111110010110101011100 10101101110 0100111100101110 1110110 111 111101 111 111010101111101 11011101111 11110010 1110010010111101100 100010 111101 110011110100 111100100110011 1101101110110101 11101010111111 0100111111011000 111110110110 110111011111101 1110111011110 11001011 10110 10110100000110 1011010001010 1011010101 110110 11101100110 111110 11110 111111100110 011010 011100 101111000 111100100 100111111 11110100 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; les, de, en, un, entre are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words un, entre, le are repeated.

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

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

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