This is an analysis of the poem L'Église D'Arona that begins with:

On est moins seul au fond d'une église déserte :
De son père inquiet c'est la porte entr'ouverte ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXXXXXXaXXX XXXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,12,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111111 01110111100 101111111111 101111101011111 111101111 11111011011 11111011111 101011111111 11100001011 11111101111 111111110111 1100100110011 111101011 111011011001 10011110010 11111100101 1111100111 1110011111 1111011011 1111111110 11101110110 111111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; j'ai, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lui, j'ai are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, e are repeated).

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

  • summary of L'Église D'Arona;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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