This is an analysis of the poem Béranger (2) that begins with:

Il dort sous des ombrages verts,
Quand la liberté le rappelle :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXaXXX XXXbbXXXX XXaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001 1110010 110110 1101111 100111 110101110 11101100 111010110 111110 11011110 10100111 1110010 11100110 1010110 1110101 11010010 110111 111110 111000110 011111110 101110100 1111010 11111101 1111101 11010100 01010110 111110 100011111 1110110 011101111 01111111 10010101 11001111 1111100 11101010 111110 10111011110 11101 01001101 110101 10111110 11101100 1110110 11110100 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word ranger at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Béranger (2);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Hégésippe Moreau