This is an analysis of the poem Le Chant Des Anges that begins with:

À fêter la Vierge suprême,
Là-haut, chaque ange est invité ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXB cXcXXXXXXB XXXXXXaXXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11110110 1111010111 110111 11111 11011111 11011011 111110 10001110 1101011010 1110101011 101101 11100101 11111101 1010110 1001110 1011110 10110110 10001110 1101011010 11011110 1101010 11011 11111110 110110 1111110 1010111 1110110 1111010110 1101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; c is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word bien is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word maria 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 Le Chant Des Anges;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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