This is an analysis of the poem Seul Et La Flamme that begins with:

C’était au temps abstrait de Seul : futur, l’objet
S’essayait vers la ligne où le vœu sera chose ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcXX XXXX aXXX XXXd XXcX XXXX XXdX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX baaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110011010 1001111011101 11101100101 10010101011 1111100010 1101110011 11110101110 010011110 1111111110 110001101 1111111111110 1110111111100 011010111010 111001111110110 111110011110 11101001110010 01100101100 11001100110 110101110100 111110010101 11111111 1000111101 011100010110 11011111 10110111110 01111011010 110101111110 110100110111 1001010010 11111001011 0111111011 111110111010 110010101 011111010001 111001111011 010100110100 1011111000 11111011101 110010011100 11110011110 1111100110 11110011100 1000110110 10111111010 1111101 10000110100 1100111101 11010111010 11101011001 11110011101 11111010001 111101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; le, de, l, pas, je, les, des are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words les, des, que are repeated.

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

  • summary of Seul Et La Flamme;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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