This is an analysis of the poem La Voix D'Un Exilé that begins with:

Ô terre des aïeux ! ô sol de la patrie !
Toi que mon cœur aimait avec idolâtrie,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX XbXXXc XXXXXX XXdeeX XXXdXX XXXcXX XXXXXX XXXXXf aXcXXX XXXXXe XXXXXd XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XgheXh XXXXXX XXdXgX eXXbbX XXXaXh XbXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXc X XXXXXX XXXXXX aXbeXb ggXXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101100 1111101010 1101110110110 101110111110 11101111011 1001010 1010101100110 1110111111 11110101110011 11100111110 1001011110 10111101 11111011110100 1111110111 111101011 1010111010011 10010111011 11100110 11111111110 11100101101 0101110111 10010101110 111110110 11010100 101010101010 1111111110 11001111110 11010101101 10111100101 1011100 11111100111 1101111111111 101100111100 100111110011 1010111101 011101110 1101101111100 111101101110 1110111100 1100011110110 111110100 101110 1111111100 1111110100 110110110100 01111111111 01010111111 11111010 1110001101100 111100110 10111011101 1110111010 10011110111 1101111 10110100100 100100110100 1011001111 11110101111 111001110110 1110110 1111101010 11011110010 11010110100 111010101100 1110101101100 11011011 11101111 11111111001 11011011100 111110110111 11011011111 11110010 1111110111111 1110010011 1011101110 1001101101110 11110111100110 1111111 01111111011 1000111111 110110101100 10110111111 110101011 101111100 11110110010 101011100101 10110111011 111111011 0100101110 11110 011011110 1011001111 11001011111 0101011100 11100010100 10110010 1101101101 1101111101 1110101111011 1100101101 101010100111 011001010 110110101001 101111100 101101011 1111101101 11010011101 1101110 11000101110 111010011110 11111110111001 10110101100 101111010101 10100111 011010110010 11001011110 1110011110 11101111111 11010100111 1110011 111001111100 1111001111010 10111111101 1111001111110 11010011110 111101010 11111001111 101101110111 1110101101110 11110111110110 0100111110 10001001 10 101011101010 10010111 11011110 01110111110 101100111101 010111 11110111110 101111110 101110 1101101110111 10111101110 110110100 01111111011 1111001010 1110101 10001110011 110110111 101101 0101101111101 11111111101 1100101 111101100 011101010 110010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 158
  • 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:

    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; de, le, la, ils, ont, un, vous, qui, ces, les, mes, dans, mon, nos, que are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words vous, ceux are repeated.

    The author used the same word l at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ges, te, ques, e, tombe, tres, es, ves, re, ne are repeated).

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

  • summary of La Voix D'Un Exilé;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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