This is an analysis of the poem Liens that begins with:

Cordes faites de cris
Sons de cloches à travers l'Europe...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XX bbbX bb XXaXa XXX XacX XXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,4,2,5,3,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 10101010 1010 11100110 1111011111 10011 10111 1011111 1 110 1110 10101011 100100 11100101101 10111 110010 1111 110011100 111 1000101 10001 100001 100110 1000111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words cordes, ennemis are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase cordes connects the lines.

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

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

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