This is an analysis of the poem La Petite Seine that begins with:

L'humble rivière de chez nous
Ne mène pas un grand tapage ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXb XXXXXXXX XXbA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 11111110 10111011 1101010 1101110 111101111 1110100 1001010 10100011 100111 0110110 11111110 1010111 11001110 11001010 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; des, la are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of La Petite Seine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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