This is an analysis of the poem Préambule that begins with:

Il me paraît incontestable,
Après mûre réflexion,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXXbbXcXX bXccXcXXXX XXdXXdXXXa eXXeXXXbaXXbbXXbaXXXXXfeXXffXXXbbXffffXXXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,10,10,44,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101000 1110 111100110 1110000 1011110 0111 0111001 11101110 1100111 1111110 111011 110010 1111011 111100 111011 1101011 1001010 11110110 11111001 1100110 101100 1101010 1110100 111010 1011111 100110 1100011 11000111 101111 111101 111110 1111010 1111111 11010111 11110010 11011010 1101000 11100110 100110 1000110 111111 1101010 10001110 1110110 11001101 0111111 11010111 11011110 1100110 1100111 1110110 1101110 11100010 110001 10110 1101100 111110 1100010 11100100 1101100 1101111 10011010 10111100 110010100 110110 1111011 0110111 010111000 111010 1101010 11011100 11110100 11101100 11110110 101111100 1111100 1101010 1110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 472
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; t, l, des, leurs, les, et are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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