This is an analysis of the poem Banquet Macabre that begins with:
À la santé du rire ! Et j'élève ma coupe,
Et je bois follement comme un rapin joyeux....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXa XXX XXX
- 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: 11011111 1111100111010 01111111111111 110111101011 111101011 11101010101 1110101011 011000111011 11101011111 101111110010 1101111100 10011110111 1101111110 1101111110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; ha is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Banquet Macabre;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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