This is an analysis of the poem Ouvrier Sans Travail that begins with:

C’est généralement le soir
Qu’il opère, dans un coin sombre....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX bcXc XXXX XaXX cXXX bXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 110001 111111 01110110 11101111 11101010 11110100 111001010 1101010 111111100 1110110 1101110 11110111 11111001 1011110 0111110 11010010 111111110 11101000 111111010 101000100 1110110 1011100 1111100 11100110 1111011 101011100 11110110 1101001110 11001100 101110 10011010 111011 11110100 11011111 11101111 1111111 111110 111011110 1110010 10111110 1101101 110110110 1011011 1101110 11110100 11111111 11111100 11111101 11110110 111111111 1111110010 011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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, vous, la, il, me, les are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Ouvrier Sans Travail;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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