This is an analysis of the poem Potiche that begins with:
C'est un vase d'Egypte à riche ciselure,
Où sont peints des sphinx bleus et des lions ambrés:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101100 11111111101 0101111111 101010101100 1001111110110 11110111011 111101100 11111111101 11011101101 01101111110 101111111 10111011 11101111100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Potiche;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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