This is an analysis of the poem Jacques Cartier’s First Visit To Mount Royal that begins with:

He stood on the wood-crowned summit
Of our mountain’s regal height,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabacded XfXfgXeg gchcfaca iaeaegig fhhXXbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 0110101 11101011 1100101 10111010 1100101 111101010 1100111 10101010 110101 01001010 10100101 01001010 10111010 10001010 0101001 00101010 1010011 01001110 111101 1001010 110111 10101010 1011001 1101110 1101101 00101010 1010101 0111010 1010101 10101010 1100101 0111010 1010101 10101010 1110110 11011100 011101 1111010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of Jacques Cartier’s First Visit To Mount Royal;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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