This is an analysis of the poem Le Pont Mirabeau that begins with:

Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine
Et nos amours...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXX XX bXXX XX XXXX XX XbXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,2,4,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001110 1110 1110110 111010111 11111 11111110 111111011 1011 0101111 11001111 11111 11111110 101111110 1011 111011 11100110 11111 11111110 10111101100 111 1110100 1011001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; la, les, comme are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words les, l'amour, ni are repeated.

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

  • summary of Le Pont Mirabeau;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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