This is an analysis of the poem Les Fables De La Fontaine that begins with:

Non plus qu’à la foire aux ferrailles,
On ne fait guère de trouvailles...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX aXXbXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXbXX XXXXcX XXXXXX cXadda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111100 111110100 1111110 11101000 1111110100 10111010 101100110 011000100 1111101 1101010 11100100 1001101 11100101 1111100 1010100 1111110110 11010110 1110111 10101110 110100 1111000 1011111 1111111 0111110 1000111 1101010 1011100 11101111 1111101 111000 1110100 01110010 1001101 111111110 110101010 111011 1011101 11011010 11111010 11100011 1101110110 1111110 101011 1001110 1111100 1101110 110110100 110011 1101111 01010001 1111110 11100100 10101100 1011010 110010010 11001110 1101010 1011110 1110110 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • 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; de is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Les Fables De La Fontaine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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