This is an analysis of the poem Dans L'Allée that begins with:

Toi-même, éblouissant comme un soleil ancien
Les Regrets des solitudes roses,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXa bXXbX XXXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110110110 1011100010 100101100 11001101100 11010010 1000011110 11101110 10110111110 1110111110 110110010 11101111100 1011011010 101110101110 1111101010111 11010010 101011101 11111010 11010011100 01001011110 110011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

  • summary of Dans L'Allée;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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