This is an analysis of the poem Le Satyre that begins with:

C’était un doux et grec satyre
De la plus haute antiquité....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaX aXXX XbbX XXXX cXXX XXXX XXXd eXfX XXXX XXXX XeXX XXXf cXXX XXXX dXXX
  • 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: 1111110 0111100 110111 111011011 10110001 111011 1011111 11010110 111111110 1111110 1110110 1110011 10110110 11100101 11111110 111110 1111111 11110100 1100101 10100111 1011011 1010110 1000110 1101010 11111101 10101111 111111111 101111100 1011110 11111010 11001010 11011100 1111110 11111100 1101110 11101101 11100110 111010 11100110 111111 11001110 11100110 10101010 1111011 11111 1110010 110111 11110110 101101 111101 10101000 1111011 1111110 101011100 1111110 111101010 100110101 1011011 100100 1011001 1101101 111110 1111110 1100111 1011011 101110 1101100 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • 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:

    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; la, de, le are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Le Satyre;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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