This is an analysis of the poem Vive Le Roi that begins with:
Vive le roi !… Comme les faux prophètes
L’ont enivré de ce souhait trompeur !...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaB XXXXXXXB XXXXXXXB aXXXXXXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111110 110011010 1101110011 1101111 1101111110 10011110 1110111011 1110 1011110100 1110101010 1111011000 111101111 010011010 111111 1101010111 1110 1010110100 111010110 11101011100 110110110 11111110 101111100 010011110 1110 101110110 11110110101 110011010 110111100 11111101 11100110 101110110 1110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, les are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word vive is repeated.
The author used the same word vive at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word libert 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 Vive Le Roi;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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