This is an analysis of the poem La Pastorale De Conlie that begins with:

Qui nous avait levés dans le Mois-noir – Novembre
Et parqués comme des troupeaux...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXab cdXd XXXXXXXe XXfX XXXe cXXX XeXaXXXX XXXX XXff gege XXXXXXeX ebXX XXXX XXXd aXaXXXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,8,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,8,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101110 1101110 11011111111 11010111 1101110110 1110010 11010011011 1001011 1011101001111 1110101 11010111001 111011 1111111110 11110 11110111100 1101110 111111111 1100101 1101101101 111111 1111100101 11010100 11101010111 11110100 10011111111 11101010 1111101111100 11100101 111101111 10110010 011101011111 1011111 111111111100 101111001 11001011010 10110111 110111110010 0111111 101000101100 1101010 10101110110 111100 1001010011 1010100 101011101011 11011110 11111010101 111011110 11011111111 1111111 1101101110 11101001 11000110010 01111110 111111111010 11111110 11110101110100 1111100 111101100101 1011110 010100111011 10110101 11111110 110011010 10111001110 110110 11111010110 10100010 1111010110 1001011 10001111010 1101110 101100101011 1110110 111010111101 11010011 10010110111 100101 11011110111 1011101 111111101 01101100 11010011111 111110 11111101100 101110 1110111111010 100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; nous, de, la, est, pas, s are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words la, nous are repeated.

    The author used the same word qui at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases trahison, pourquoi connect the lines.

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  • summary of La Pastorale De Conlie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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