This is an analysis of the poem Chevaux De Frise that begins with:

Pendant le blanc et nocturne novembre
Alors que les arbres déchiquetés par l'artillerie...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXa XXXXbXXXXXcXcXXXXbXXXXXdXXXXXXXXdXcXXaXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,42,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111010 101110101100 10011111 110111001 100100101 11100111110 1110110100 11010 100111010 1011010000110 111110011100 110010 11110111110101 1110111110 1101011001 11110 1001100 101 11010110 111110110 110010101 1111101010 11100 1100110 100110011 101 1111010 11111111111010 1111111101000 111111010001 100100110 1111101 1110 111 1100110101 101111111 1100 1111101100 11110111110010110 111110011 10011 111101111 111011010111 111010 1110110 1111 11101110101000 010100111110 11111110 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 860
  • Average number of words per stanza: 156
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word pendant at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

  • summary of Chevaux De Frise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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