This is an analysis of the poem Il Est Dur De Mourir Éloigné De Sa Ville… [lxi À Lxx] that begins with:
Il est dur de mourir éloigné de sa ville,
Mais la mort n’est plus douce à la ville qu’aux champs :...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXX X XbXX X XbXX X XXXX X XXXX X XXaX X XXXX X XcXc X XXXX X XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110101011 1111111111 11110110 11111011111 1 111111110101 11110010101 111110010110 1110010100 1 111011111 1101011001 101101111100 111111011011 1 111011011 0011101111 110100101 1011101110 1 110110110011 0101110101110 101110101 1101011100 1 1001001010 11001101 01111101111 1101011101011 1 111111110 011010111100 111111110 1111011110 1 10111011110 101111101 111010111110 111101010111 1 111011011 11110111011 111101111110 1111111101011 1 0111011111 11110111110 111101011110 11111000110
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- 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; de, le, la, plus, l, un, est, ce are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word l is repeated.
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More information about poems by Pierre Matthieu
- Analysis of Le Méchant Toujours Tremble, Il Est Tout En Alarme… [xli À L]
- Analysis of Estime Qui Voudra La Mort Épouventable… [i À X]
- Analysis of Le Fruit Sur L'Arbre Prend Sa Fleur, Et Puis Se Nouë… [xi À Xx]
