This is an analysis of the poem La Clef De La Cave that begins with:

Un mien ami, natif de Cette,
Possédait sous le firmament...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aXaX XXXX XXbX XcXX XbXX XcXX XXXX XXXX XXbX XXXX XXXd eXeX XXXX XXXX XdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101001 1010100 1111101 1110000 1111001 011100 11011111 10111110 1110111 111111101 111111 1111110 111111111 1110100 1111010 1111100 10110110 111010 111101 11111010 11111101 10110011 101011000 1110010 111011 11101011 011110 101110111 11101110 11111101 10111110 11110100 111000 101110 1101000 1100110 110111 11011110 101111 111100 100100 11101110 11111010 11101111 10111 1010110 11111111 110111 1011011110 1111100 1111111110 1111101 1110111 1110110 11111011 1101110 1111111 1101110 111001101 11110101 11000111 11011 111111110 10110000 111111110 11110101 1111100 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • 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; des, l are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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