This is an analysis of the poem Mariage Chinois that begins with:

Dans un vieux magazine,
N’ai-je pas lu qu’en Chine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXaXXX XbbXXb XaXccb dXXXXX XXXXXd XXXXXX dcXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 1111111 111010 011111 1100 101110 110111 1111 11110 101111 101011 1010 1011010 11101 110001 10011 11111 111011 11100 11011 11100 110010 101111 1111101 1101010 101110 11110 110010 101111 01110 10101 111 11101 1111 111010 111001 10100 111010 1111011 1111 11111 11110 111101 111101 1111 111001 10110 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; d is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Mariage Chinois;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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