This is an analysis of the poem Les Saisons that begins with:

C'était un temps béni nous étions sur les plages
Va-t'en de bon matin pieds nus et sans chapeau...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXXA XXXX XXXXA XXXX XXXXA XXXX XXXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,4,5,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111110 110110111110 111111110 101011111110 11101110 01101100 11101110 01101100 11 1111010100 101111111100 111010110110 1111101101 11101110 01101100 11101110 01101100 11 11111101110 110010110110 111001110 1010011000010 11101110 01101100 11101110 01101100 11 111111010 11011111111 0100110111 110111110 11101110 01101100 11101110 01101100 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; les is repeated.

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

  • summary of Les Saisons;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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