This is an analysis of the poem La Fuite De L'Enfance that begins with:

Par les jardins anciens foulant la paix des cistes,
Nous revenons errer, comme deux spectres tristes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101011110 110010111010 11100011010 1011101111 01110111110 111101111100 1010111010 111010110101 1101011101 11111110110 10111011001 11010110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

  • summary of La Fuite De L'Enfance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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