This is an analysis of the poem Montebello that begins with:

Pittoresque manoir, retraite hospitalière
Où Papineau vaincu coula ses derniers jours,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101000 110110101101 1011111011 1010110101 11011011100 1101110010 11011001101 10011010100 111110101110 11011011100 1110101111 11011011100 1101110010 11011001101 10011010100 111110101110 11011011100 1110101111 1111011101 01111011111 100101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; tout is repeated.

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

  • summary of Montebello;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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