This is an analysis of the poem Grand Opéra that begins with:
Dors sous le tabernacle, ô Figure de cire !
Triple Châsse vierge et martyre,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: XXXX aX XXXX bX XX cX XX bXXXXX XXX X X XXXX XXdX XXX ee X f XXX XfaXX dXXX XXcXX dXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,2,2,2,2,6,3,1,1,4,4,3,2,1,1,3,5,4,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101001 1011101 1011101 11110110111 1011111111 1111111110 1011 111 1011 0100 1111111001 11111100111 111011110 0110101010 0111011111 1011111011 111100111100 110011110 111111110101 010111 110011001 010011111011 110100 111110111010 11111110111 1111111110 1110010 101001110 10110 11111111 1110110 111011 1101111 1111111111 11001011 11110011 111011110 111011 11011 1110111 110111 11101111 111110 11010 1111111001 10111010 1101001 110100 110111010 0100101111 1010101 1111100 101111 111101111110 11101110110 11101110 111101111100 010110 101110111101 011101 101011 10111101 1111011010 1111100 110001011110 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, le, en, la are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e, barbarie, te, me are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Grand Opéra;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
