This is an analysis of the poem Ça that begins with:
Des essais ? – Allons donc, je n’ai pas essayé !
Étude ? – Fainéant je n’ai jamais pillé....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXa XXXX XXbX XXXXXXcc XXdd bbXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,8,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101111101 110111101 10111110 011111111 111011111 111111011110 11011110110 10111111110 11111111110 11011101100 10111011011 111110101010 1110111111 11101010000 111110101 1111111111011 1111001100 011011101110 111111110 01011001011 111110101110 10111111011 01110110101010 0111101110011 0110011001 111111111 11111111111101 10110110101010 101111110110 1111111111110 111010111110 111110111111011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; n, est, un, de, ce, du, ou, l, pas are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words un, est are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cousu is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ça;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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