This is an analysis of the poem Les Cloches that begins with:
Par ma fenêtre s’est enfuie
L’illusion, et pour jamais !...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXX abXXXXXXXXX XXXXbXXXXXX XXaXXXXXXXX bcXcXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 1001110 1101111 11110110 1001100 111101 1101010 11010101 1001 1001 1001 1111111111 1110101 1111011 1010110 10110100 10111100 1111110 111101 1011 1011 1011 11110111 11111110 010111111 10110110 111111 111110 11000111 110110101 1011 1011 1011 11001111 1110110 0110101 10101100 111010 11100010 1011111 10100101 1011 1011 1011 1111011 11110101 0101110 11111111 11101101 1101010 111011 10100101 1011 1011 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; arrivez, donc, armez, vous are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words arrivez, grisez, aimez, armez, taisez are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines donc is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word donc 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 Les Cloches;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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