This is an analysis of the poem Un Grand D'Espagne that begins with:

Ô mon gosier, prépare-toi
À recevoir d’une galante...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XbXX XbXb XXXX cXXX XXXX aXcX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 11011 1001010 1010010 110100 1010110 11110010 10011110 11110110 111001 11100110 11110110 101110 11110010 0111010 10101110 11110 111111101 11001 1111010 11010110 11100100 1101111 111000010 010111 1010110 111110 11111001 11111110 11110111 101110 1101010 11100110 1011010 1110011 11101100 1111010 0111110 11010111 1111001 111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; d, de, plus are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words mes, vous are repeated.

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

  • summary of Un Grand D'Espagne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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