This is an analysis of the poem Le Temps Perdu that begins with:
Si peu d'oeuvres pour tant de fatigue et d'ennui !
De stériles soucis notre journée est pleine :...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11111001110 01010101011 1111011110 1111111001 101001111110 101110011101 10111101111111 1011101111100 1011010110100 110010110101 1100100110011 1010111101 110101111001 01101101110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nous, 'demain, je, de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'demain is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Le Temps Perdu;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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