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

Or, la Lune d’argent disait au Soleil d’or :
— Si tu es empereur, je suis impératrice ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101011 111100111100 111111111110 1101110100 111110111111110 111101111111 111010101100 11110111110 01001101011 10111011000 1010101101 1110110010 1110111110 111110111001 110111101110 11111101110 11111001111101 0110110100 11110111110 1110011110 111111100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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