Pastourelle by Thibaut de Champagne: poem analysis

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

The other day I went wandering
Without any companion...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaacXdbddbefXgX XhfeicjX dXgbhfgdfekf fjgbgecXfXdX gXdXkkagdih
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,12,12,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111100 0110010 111010 0101 1111111 101 010011001 11011101 111101 1110110101 11101100 010101 1011010 1101 100111 111111 1111 001 1111010 110100 110101 111101111 11101 01101110 1111111 1100 1110111 1110101001 110101 1010 10101 1101 111101010 1011101011 0101011 1101010 1110111010 0011001 0111 1110100010 11001 111 110111 111011110 110010110 1100111110 111010 11110 11101011 11101 0001000111 010111 11101 1100101 1110 110011 110101011111 11011101 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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 Pastourelle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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