This is an analysis of the poem Vésuves Et Cie that begins with:

Pompeïa-station – Vésuve, est-ce encor toi ?
Toi qui fis mon bonheur, tout petit, en Bretagne,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX XbXb XXXX aXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011111 111110110110 011111100101 1111011111 11101111010 1111011011 1010011011 1100101110 11111101010 1101110101 0111110110 1110111111111 11101010010 0111110111 1111101100 11001011111 1011111001 11111101110 011011101111 11101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase toi connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Vésuves Et Cie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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