This is an analysis of the poem La Bouillabaisse that begins with:

La France est un pays charmant.
Et tu le dis excellemment...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXaXXa XXXbXX XXXXXX bXXcXX XbXXdX XeXaXX eXXXXX XcXXXX ddXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011110 11011000 111010 1111 011110 0110111 11110101 11111101 11110010 11110 111001 101111 111111101 11101110 111001100 101010 11111010 111101100 11110101 1111111011 111110 1110110 11101000 1000100 11111110 11110100 11111100 10101111 11111110 11111110 1000111 11001010 10010110 1010111 0111011 1110110 111110100 1110001 10101010 11011100 101101 101001100 111111 1110101 11101 1101110 1110011 11101 011011 110001111 1111100 10001000 11110100 10011010 11100111 1111001 1111111 111101111 111011101 1001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • 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:

    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; de is repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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