This is an analysis of the poem Le Tocsin that begins with:
Un peu d’or, je ne sais comment,
Du ciel me tombe, et vite...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXaXXXX bXbXCXCX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXCXCX bXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111110 011111 1011010 1011101 1001110 101010100 1001110 101010 10101110 11110 10010010 1110110 10110110 101010100 10110110 101010 111011 10110 11111100 0110110 1111100 101010100 1111100 101010 11010110 10111 111001110 1111 11101110 101010100 11101110 101010 11110110 1001100 10100001 101100 1000110 101010100 1000110 101010 11110101 01011 1111111 011011 111001010 101010100 111001010 101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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:
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; tintin, le are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word tocsin at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase tintin connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Le Tocsin;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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