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

La voyageuse qui traverse les Halles à la tombée de l'été
Marchait sur la pointe des pieds...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXaXXXXaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101101101 1011111 0101011111011 1101111101111001 1101011001 1101110111 1111 1101001101 111111011111101 101110100001 10111111111001 11010110011100 1111100010111 11011101111 11000111010 110100110010 11101101110 1101110000100 11101110 1110101111 110111001111100 110010111011100 1111111010 1110110110110 111000 11111011010100 1100101101110010 11101111001 111111000 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 263
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, les 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 Tournesol;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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