This is an analysis of the poem Les Deux Voyageurs that begins with:

Le compère Thomas et son ami Lubin
Allaient à pied tous deux à la ville prochaine. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXaXaXXXa aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111010 101111110 1011110 110101 11010101110 101111110 1110100 11111111110 1011011111011 11011011101 10101111 111010110110 111011111110 1011110010 01001100111 11011111 1111111110011 10101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 392
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of Les Deux Voyageurs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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