This is an analysis of the poem Le Corbillard that begins with:

Par des temps de brouillard, de vent froid et de pluie,
Quand l'azur a vêtu comme un manteau de suie,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001011101 11001111001 1110111101 1101100011100 1111010110 110100110101 1111110010 1101111111110 1111011011110 100101100 111011101 101101100011 10110101010 10101111110 10011011111 10110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 741
  • Average number of words per stanza: 142
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; de, des are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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