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

Eh bien ! mêle ta vie à la verte forêt !
Escalade la roche aux nobles altitudes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX XXX aXa
  • 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: 11111111 10011110101 1011101101000 110110111100 1110101010 1110101101110 110111111000 111111010000 1111011010 1011010110 10111011110 111101110010 11011101010 111111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • 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:

    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 Conseil;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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