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

An angry philosopher froze
His philandering wife—Passivity...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcadcccae fbXefXX XgXdgee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001001 0010010100 1100110100 1010101 11001001 10100101 01001001 1101010 101001010 111111 001101 11100101 01000100100 001111 0101101 0101111 0101101 11101 1010101 1111110 10010101 111110 01110 1111111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; yes is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines yes is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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