This is an analysis of the poem Steam-Boat that begins with:
En fumée elle est donc chassée
L’éternité, la traversée...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb XbXX XXbX XXXb XXXc XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX cXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111 10110 11011111 1101 1111100 11111111 101111 101 11111 1110010 10011 1100 111110 10111110 111011110 1101 110110110 1101110 1101010 1011 11110110 1110111 11011101 11010 11111 110111 1101110 110 011110 11001101 11111100 110 111101 1111111 11101100 1100 10011111 11110111 11101111 110 1010110 1111111 11111010 1100
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; e, re are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, qu are repeated.
The author used the same word il at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e, re are repeated).
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- summary of Steam-Boat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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