This is an analysis of the poem Le Convoi De La Bien-Aimée that begins with:

Lorsqu'il sera cloué, cet immense cercueil,
De mes ongles aigus j'ouvrirai ma poitrine...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXXX XXXaX XXXXb bXXXX XcaXX XcXXa aXXXX XXXXX XXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010110110 011010100110 11111001001 1110110101 10011011011 10101101011 1110111111110 111110111010 1111011100 1111011100 111011111011 101010001110 10101001101 1110101110 11101101110 110101101110 101110111111 11010110100 1011111111 1011101011 111001110111 111101110 10111010011 1101110010100 1111011001100 111101101110 111110001101 110011110100 1101011001 1110111101 1101010111110 11110011110 10101010110 111100111101 110011111 111100110010 10110101100 111110111110 111101110 11110010110 10100101010 11110001001111 11110101111 1110101110010 100101001010 11101101011 100110101011 1011011010011 111001010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; mon, je, et, des, le, du are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines deuil, clamatoire, e, licieux, armes, tresse, caressant, re, mer, arctique, fardeau are repeated).

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

  • summary of Le Convoi De La Bien-Aimée;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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