This is an analysis of the poem La Salade that begins with:
Échinocoque, trichocéphale-dispar,
Anguillule, amœba coli, lombricoïde...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,17,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010010 1001010100 10001000100 101000100 1111110111110 1011011011 11100011010 1101101100100 110101101100 111010001110 1111001011110 111110111010 10110111000 01101111010 11011110 010001100 01011100101 1011011010 1111001101000 1101001101 1011011100 11010011010 11100101100 110010110 10110011010 110011100 11111011100 1111111 011101010 10010011110 011011111 111000101111 111111011010 11111010110 10110011101 1001011011 10111110010 10100110110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 553
- Average number of words per stanza: 96
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; les, vous, le, d, ma, la are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word le is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines s, phale, che are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of La Salade;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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