This is an analysis of the poem La Fin that begins with:
Oh ! combien de marins, combien de capitaines
Qui sont partis joyeux pour des courses lointaines,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX XXXX aXXbc X XXXX XXbddb XXXX XeXffa XfXXeX XXXX eXeX XXXc XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,1,4,6,4,6,6,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100101001000 1110101110100 11101011110 100101101100 1000110110110 110110110111 1111011111 1111111111111001 111001111 111111111010 111111011101 111101111 1101001 1111101001000 1111010100 101001110100 11100011110 101111111110 1100111111100 110110010110 111011111 11011010111 110111 110111101110 101010111100 110111111 101111011110 101011110111 1110111101 11010011010 010011101011 11111101 11 1110111111 1111110101 01111111010 110111 1011011111 11111100 101011110100 11111011100 11010111001 1011 101001110011 110010100 110111101 11111001 101011011 111000110110 110111110 10010011101 1101001110010 110111 111110110110 11111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; l, un, la, grand, de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words pas, qu are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sombrer connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of La Fin;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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