This is an analysis of the poem Le Novice En Partance Et Sentimental that begins with:

Le temps était si beau, la mer était si belle…
Qu’on dirait qu’y en avait pas....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXc XaXa a dXX cXXX XdXX XXeX XX XX XXaX XXXX Xfgf dfXf XgbX XXXX aXXX XXXf bX bX XXfc aXaX eXXX gXXX X hah XXXX XiiX XXjc XXXc X Xcf XkXk jXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,3,4,4,4,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,2,4,4,4,4,1,3,4,4,4,4,1,3,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111111111 11011101 111001111110 111111 111011101 10011 01111111 1110011 111111111011 1101010 11111011001 1101000 111111110 1001010 1101111010 111111 110111011 1110010 11110010111 01111001 100110111010 1110111 11110100110010 10101010 1111000101100 1111110000 1111000101010 111100 11111101110 111111 1111101111011 111111 10101011101 11111010 101101110 1111010 11011111010 1110011 111011111011 11110111 10101111010 1011011 1111011100 111101 11101101 111111 111001111 11101110 1101010110 1111111 111110110110 111111 1111101111000 1001110 10111111101 1011111 1100101101000 10100100 11101111100 1111101 1011111111 0110110 1101111011 0111110 111101111111 1110110 11111101011 1111111 110100111011 110111111 1111111011001 01111010 111101111010 1110110 1011111010 1111110 11110110111 10111110 0110110110 1001110 11110111111 0111111011 11111001 11111111 110011111110 1101111111 10011101100 1111100 101001111101 11111101 110101100111 1011010 11100111111110 11111011 1110001111010 11101111 11101011101100 1011011 11000101111100 11101111 11010111110 1010 1101111101 1111011 111101111011 111101 10011000111 11001011 111010010110 01011000 11111110 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 113
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; tait, ancre, et, la, c, re, de, d, pour, un, nom, l, tre are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word je 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 word/phrase elle connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Le Novice En Partance Et Sentimental;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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