This is an analysis of the poem La Vierge En Bouteille that begins with:
Tais-toi, vieille pucière,
Exécrable sorcière,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX XXaXXa XXXXXX XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 1010 110110 11101 11100 01011 1111 11101 1101 0111110 1101 1111100 1110 110101 1101 1111 11110 100001 111111 11101 11101 111110 11010 110101 11110 1111 01100 111010 10111 100110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; qu is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, tre are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of La Vierge En Bouteille;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Raoul Ponchon
- Analysis of La Comète
- Analysis of Les Deux Trottoirs
- Analysis of Les Cabarets D'Hier Et D'Aujourd'Hui
