This is an analysis of the poem Chanson (La Muse Gaillarde) that begins with:

Si j’étais roi de quelque endroit,
Tout mon peuple serait ivrogne,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110 1111010 111100110 11110011 10110010 1110000 010100 0101111 11001010 1111010 1010011 111011 1010110 10010101 1100110 1100100 1111100111 101010 10101010 11100101 1011110 1101111111 110011 10110010 11110010 11111011 11111111 1011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; de is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Chanson (La Muse Gaillarde);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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