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

L'amour a remué ma vie comme on remue la terre dans la zone des armées
J'atteignais l'âge mûr quand la guerre arriva...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 10010111111111111 100110111100 11111101101 1101101111111 1111111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dans, la are repeated.

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

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

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