This is an analysis of the poem Les Poires Du Luxembourg that begins with:

Là-bas, dans un coin solitaire
Du Luxembourg, est un verger...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XbXX XaXX XXXX XcXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXbb XXXX XXcX XXXX cXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11111101 010101110 100101 111110010 10101111 1110101 11101101 1110011 01111000 11001111 1110100 110010 11100100 11111010 111101100 11101100 011100100 01011100 1110110 11101110 1110110 111111110 1111011 01110011 101111100 10111110 110011100 101110 1101000 1110010 11101010 111011 11111110 1110100 11110110 11011010 11011111 111110 111111 1111111 111011000 11010 1011100 111011 110011100 11110110 111011 1110011 11010110 111111 11011010 111011001 1111100101 111101 1110110 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; les, qu, ces are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sur, ce are repeated.

    The author used the same word l at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Les Poires Du Luxembourg;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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