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

La campagne, comme autrefois,
Avec le bahut, et le coffre, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX bXXX XXXX XbXX abXX bXXX XXXX cXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100 10010101 1101011 0110001 10111001 101110 1111110 10111 11111101 1101110 10111010 11100100 1110111 11010110 11111001 11111110 1100011 010010111 11110 0110111 110110101 1111111 1111100 111011 1110110 101111 111110 111010 101111 0111110 1101010 01110110 1010111 11110 11110010 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; le, plus, berce, la are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word c'est is repeated.

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

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

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