This is an analysis of the poem Nourriture Électrique that begins with:

Bien que je vous admire fort,
Dites-moi, docteur Rutherford ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXX aXXXXX XXXbXb XXXXXX cXXXXX XXbXXb XcXXdX XXXXXX XXXXXX XdXXcX
  • 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: 11111011 10110100 11100 1010011 111011 1110 110100 10011010 1111 01101000 1100100 10110 1100110 011111110 11110 1111101 101111 101101 11010 1101011 111100 111110 11011110 010100 11011101 011110111 1011000 110111 10110100 1110000 10110110 1101 110100 1010011 11110100 1100110 11011110 11010111 11100111 11011011 1101101 11001 11111100 01111010 1111 11110010 101001111 11001 11111010 111111111 1101100 11011100 11110110 110011 111101110 111101 1011 1110010 1111101 011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 Nourriture Électrique;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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