This is an analysis of the poem Le Fils De Lamartine Et De Graziella that begins with:

À l’île de Procide, où la mer de Sorrente
Scande un flot hexamètre à la fleur d’oranger,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XX aX bXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX aXXX XbXX XXXc XcXX XXaX XXXX XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111010 1111011100 11001111011 110010 110101100 111111111 010011101111 11011111100 111101101011 1101011111 1111011011001 01010010100 11001001011 111001101 01111111010 1010111010 1010011100 10011101010 11111010100 110011101011 111001101 1011101011 101110111 111101100 1110110 111011111 1101111110 101100110100 1101111111110 1110110 111111100100 1010011100 1100101111111 11110011111 011000101110 1111 11001011111 1101001101111 11111111110 111111100 101001001 1011011110 110010101101 10111011111 10001011100 11001011101 11101111100 11011111110 1111111100 1100111011 110111101 110111011011 1011101101110 11101101100 11010111010 11011110 1111110101100 11110111011 11101101110 11111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; vers, de, du, lamartine, fils, l, re, la, et are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nom is repeated.

    The author used the same words l, dors at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Le Fils De Lamartine Et De Graziella;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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