This is an analysis of the poem L'Art that begins with:

Oui, l'oeuvre sort plus belle
D'une forme au travail ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa XXXX bbbX XXXX XXXX cXXX XXXX XXXX XXcX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111 11101 10 11101 1010010 111101 110 11101 10101 1110011 01 111111 1010 1011 01 111010 110010 100101 11 100111 10101 111100 10 011110 1110 101110 10 010100 11100 11110 11 11010 11101 10011 11 110110 11110 11111 01 101110 111110 1010 01 1011 1111 111100 11 11100 111110 111100 100 111110 111 11110 111 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; les is repeated.

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

  • summary of L'Art;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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