This is an analysis of the poem La Grande Chartreuse that begins with:

J'ai vu, tels que des morts réveillés par le glas,
Les moines, lampe en main, se ranger en silence,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa baab XXa XXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111111101 111111110110 11011101011 1110011011111 0110101111 11011010101 101111101 10110111101 11011111111 110111101001 101010111 101010110101 111011011001 11011110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; le is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ve is repeated).

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

  • summary of La Grande Chartreuse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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