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

IL n'y a que la mère et les deux fils
Tout est ensoleillé...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXaXbXXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111111 101100 110011 101111011 11011 11111 101001 111100101111100 1111101110 11101101100 111010 101100 11111 1110 11110 010111101 1111101001 11111110110 111011000010 1110110011100 1011010110 111101011110 11100 1010101 110101101 1101011110111 10110110111001 111011 111101 100010 111110110011 110110110 1011101111 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 240
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, re, et, des, les, du are repeated.

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

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

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

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