This is an analysis of the poem Partie De Chasse that begins with:

À la gare nous arrivâmes,
Par malheur ! quand tout était pris....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXXXX XcXXXXXX XXbXXXXX aXXaXXXX XXXaXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100 1101111 1101011 1110111 11100110 10110100 10101110 1101010 111010 1100111 110101 1011100 11110010 10010010 10101110 1101010 1010100 1111110 11010101 1100011 010111110 1100110 10101110 1101010 11001101 10110110 11110110 1110101 1110110 1101110 10101110 1101010 11110 10001000 11011000 11101111 10110111 11101110 10101110 1101010 1001101100 11111001 11101101 11011100 0110110 10101110 10101110 1101010 011101 10110100 11111110 1101111 11110011 011101111 10101110 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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:

    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.

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

  • summary of Partie De Chasse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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