This is an analysis of the poem Prologue that begins with:
Quand le rude Équinoxe, avec son froid cortège,
Quitte nos horizons moins inhospitaliers,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXa XXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011010111 11010110000 111010100110 110011011001 01011110110 111011101 10011111011 110001111100 110100101111 110010111111 11011001010 1010001011010 11110111110 01111011011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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 Prologue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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