This is an analysis of the poem L'Or Du Vin that begins with:

On ne cesse pas de s’instruire.
Ne me suis-je pas laissé dire...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXX XXcXXc ddXXXX XXeXbe XXaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 1111111110 1101101 110111101 11011011 1100110 11111110 110110 111110111 11100110 11111011 111111 0110101100 1111101100 110111 11101110 11001100 11100110 1111110 11010110 10111111 1101001 101010 1101011 111110 01011111 11011011 111011 110111 1000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; pas, de, l, ce, en, tu are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e is repeated).

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

  • summary of L'Or Du Vin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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