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

En forêt
à M. W. Parker....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X XXXaaX XXXXXX XXabXa XbXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXcXa XXXXXb XXXXXX XXXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 110010 111100100 11101110 11001110 1100101 0111011 01001101 1011111 11001011 1111100 111001110 111110100 1110110 10101 11111111 11011010 1011101 01010011 10111010 0111000 0111011 10001011 1110111 1110111 111110 10110110 011001 1100101 101111 111001 1010111 11110111 1010110 1011111 101111 1111101 10111110 110101101 11011110 111110 11111110 100111 0110 111101 111111 1010111 1011100 1100110 1110111 111001 11111011 10101100 11111100 101100100 10110110 10111 11011 1011110 1111100 11101110 01101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • 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; des is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ve, e are repeated).

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

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

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