This is an analysis of the poem Paria that begins with:

Qu’ils se payent des républiques,
Hommes libres ! – carcan au cou -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXbX cXbbbX dX efXX XXXa bXXa XXXXXX XX cb Xfgefg XXXX XXXX XXXb dXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,2,4,4,4,6,2,2,6,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101100 1101011 110111000 11110110 11101 01111111 111110 1101101 1100101101 1111011 1111111101 11000111111 111101111 011111110 111111100 111111 111110111 1101111 1110111 1111111 101111 1101010 1010111 011111111 11101011 0100100 1111111 1110101 11001110 1001110 1111110 111011 11110101 111111111 110110110 11101110 11010111 11111111 111111 111111 1111111 11011111 11111111 11000101 1111101110 1111111111 01100110 1111111111 10110111 1111110 01111110 110011 11110111 111011110 11110110 1100111 111111100 10011111 1011110 11011111 111000111 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; est, je, mon, c, ne, la, tre are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words moi, je, mon are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines plante is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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