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

Sur le Guadalquivir, en sortant de Séville,
Quand l'oeil à l'horizon se tourne avec regret, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XaXX XXX XXX
  • 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: 10100011001 111001111001 111101111 01101110110 10110011110 1101111101 110111100 11011011110 011100111010 11010011110 011111111 1110110111 11101111011 011110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • 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.

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

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

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

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