This is an analysis of the poem L'Orgueil that begins with:
Monts superbes, dressez vos pics inaccessibles
Sur le cirque brumeux où plongent vos flancs verts !...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXa
- 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: 1100101110000 10110110111 110011101000 100111110100 1101011010 10111101110 1100011101 10100110101 10101011110 1101111110 11001011100 111101000110 101011001111 1011101111 11001001010 11110101110 1110011110 11011011 01011110010 1101010111 111001101100 101011101 010111101000 10010111011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; les is repeated.
The author used the same word sur 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'Orgueil;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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