This is an analysis of the poem Le Phare that begins with:

Phœbus, de mauvais poil, se couche.
Droit sur l’écueil :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX abab XXXX XXXc XXXd dXXe XXXX eXeX cXXd XXXX XXeX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111 111 100111 1001 101100 1101 110110 1111 111111011 101 1101010 111 111111 1010 10011011 1110 11010110 111 111110 101 111111 100 11111111 1101 1111011 10110 111111 1111 1110110 1100 110111 110 111101 1110 1100011 1110 01110011 1111 10011001 01111 10010111 1101 1111011 1100 111110110 1111 1111111 110 11001110 11100 11111110 1100 1010010 1100 11011100 1100 10100101 0111 1011001 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; l, il are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Le Phare;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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