This is an analysis of the poem Les Signes De Croix that begins with:

Là-bas, là-bas, dans la forêt bretonne,
Un vieux château pend au flanc d’un rocher ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XaXaXbXX bbXXXXXX XXXXccXX XXXXXXXX XbXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111110 111111110 111001111 110101100 1010 101101 110010 11111110 110100110 100111101 1110101100 110111111 1011 10111 110010 11111110 11011101 1100010100 11111011110 111111110 10101 11010 100010 11111110 111111110 111110110 011110111 110101100 111111 01011111 1101111 11111110 1111110110 111111110 01101100 111100101 1101 10111 111110 11111110 11111010 1011111111 111101010 101011011 111 11011 11010 11111110 011101111 1101101100 11101110 110111111 1110 01110 1111 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; l, la, las, h are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word il at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word peur 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 Signes De Croix;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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