This is an analysis of the poem Exil that begins with:

Je sais une maison fleurie
D’où mon coeur n’est pas revenu,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XXXX Xbab XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 11111100 11111100 11011100 111111 011011 111011 110110 111111 1110100 1111111 1011010 111110 11110011 11110111 111111111 01011010 1101111 100111 10011011 1101101 0111001 0111110 10110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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