This is an analysis of the poem Déjeuner De Soleil that begins with:

Au Bois, les lauriers sont coupés,
Mais le Persil verdit encore ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX caXd eXXe fXXX XXXX aXXX bXXX XXXX XXXX XXcX dXda XfXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 10101011 1100101 1011010 1010110 1101101 1110110 1111110 11101001 01111110 11001001 101101 11111110 10001001 1111111 1110001 1111010 11001011 111110110 110110111 110111 11011100 111110101 10001010 1111101 10111111 1110010 1110110 101100 10101001 11101110 1011010 010101 1100110 010111 101111 101110111 1111100 1111111 1110110 011101001 11001100 11000111 11111110 10101111 1101011 10010 110 10101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, le are repeated.

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

  • summary of Déjeuner De Soleil;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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