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

Était une fois un pauvre homme
Qui n’avait jamais bu de vin....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 11010101 10110111 11010110 1101111111 11111011 11001111 01101011 111101100 11111000 111100100 10010111 110111 11011101 1110011 10101111 11101010 110111 1111011 0110100 11111101 11101100 1011011 11000110 1111110 11011000 111010 110101010 011111010 1111101 10111111 10111111 11110100 1010101 111111 1111101 111110 0111110 111010 11101110 11000111 0111100 111110111 10101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; en, le, je are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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