This is an analysis of the poem L'Attente that begins with:
Quand je ne te vois pas, le temps m'accable, et l'heure
A je ne sais quel poids impossible à porter :...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX bXXX cXXb XcXX XdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111011011 01111111010010 111101111110 11111111111111 111100101101 1110111010 11101111101 11111110010 111110111 111110011010 111110110110 111111011 1111111011110 101111111011 111110111010 111011111100 11111101110 1111011001 11111111111 111101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; je, et, de, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word et is repeated.
The author used the same word quand 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'Attente;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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