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

Aux soupirs de l'archet béni.
Il s'est brisé, plein de tristesse....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXA XXXA XXXa XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 1111010 0111110 1101010 1111010 10110100 1111110 1101010 1001110 0110110 1001111 1101010 11011010 110101010 1110110 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; de is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word paganini at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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