This is an analysis of the poem Entente Cordiale that begins with:

Dès que Fallières eut débarqué
Sur le sol d’Angleterre,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXXXXX bXXXXcaXXd eXfXXXXaXX XXXXXcXXXX dXXXcXbXXX XXXXXXgeXX XXXgXXfXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110 101100 111101 1011111 011110 10110 110011 10111 10111 111011 10110110 1101 1011110 11011 010101 10111 11111111 111 1110 10111 0111111010 1111111 11010101 1110111 11011 010110 111111 11101 11111 111100 110110 1111 10111100 11111 10100 10111 111011 11000 1000 111011 110111101 1111100 110011 11011 11101 11110 1101110 11110 10110 11111 1011011 110100 111010 111000 10101 11010 111001 111 1010 11100 110101100 1110 11001100 1110100 101111 10011 10101 110 1001 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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