This is an analysis of the poem Scherzo that begins with:
Si l’âcre désir s’en alla,
C’est que la porte était ouverte....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXb XXXX XXXX XXXX aXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 1111110 111101 111111 1111110 1110111 11111 1100111 1111000 1110100 111110 1011100 111111 1000101 1101110 1011111 111110 1111100 11100001 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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:
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; verte is repeated.
The author used the same word c at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Scherzo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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