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

Adieu, chants de combat, adieu, cris de victoire,
Récits éblouissants d'une héroïque histoire,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XaXXXb XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXbXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010011001 1101110 11110100100 011001100110 10110011110 111100 101100110100 1111010011 01001101110 101111011 100110110001 100010 10111010011 10001111110 1110110110 1011010110 1001101110 11110011 11011110010 1001111101 10101011010 110110111 011001010111 11011010 1011111011 1011001110 11111111100 11110100110 10110101110 11010100 10101011 110100111101 1101110111 11101001110 110011010 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; adieu, de, des, la are repeated.

    The author used the same word hier at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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