This is an analysis of the poem La Maison Solitaire that begins with:

Seule, en un coin de terre où plane la tristesse
Et le mélancolique et vague ennui des soirs, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX ccaX XbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111110 101001101011 11101111001 111111111 10111111011 1111011101001 110111011100 1101111110 1111011101 111111111 111010101010 1101111001 11011111 110010001 1110001101 10110110101 1111011110 1111010111000 111010011 1011010110 11001101100 10101001111 0111011110 1110110110 1111010110 10111011010 101011111011 11010111011 0111110011 101011101 111110111101 1101001111 1010011011 11001100101 0111011101 1101001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; et, de, le, la, e are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words trois, et, la are repeated.

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

  • summary of La Maison Solitaire;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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