This is an analysis of the poem L'Invisible Lien that begins with:

L'invisible lien, partout dans la nature,
Va des sens à l'esprit et des âmes aux corps ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXb XXXX XXXX XcXX XacX XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101110 1111011111 01100010110 01011011011 1001111110 10010110010 1110011000 100001101100 100111110 101000100110 101101110000 010101101011 1001110011 11101110111 1011111110011 101010110010 1001011110 10111111011 1111101111 10111111010 100101111 1101110011 11010110110 110011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; des, les, aux, ves, et, de, la are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word l'invisible 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 L'Invisible Lien;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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