This is an analysis of the poem L'Avenir that begins with:

Soulevons la paille
Regardons la neige...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXab XXXX bXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011 10011 10110 100110 1011 11010 11011 10011 1011110 111101111110 10010 111101100 10011 1111 11110 101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; pas is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word l'avenir at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of L'Avenir;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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