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

Pour l'enfant, amoureux de cartes et d'estampes,
L'univers est égal à son vaste appétit. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXab XXab XXXX XXXX XcXa X XXXX XdXX XXXX XcXX XeXf XgXX X XbXX XbXX d X XXXX hXXX XXXX gXXX XXXc XXXX XXX i e i XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XcgX X jijX XXXX XXXX XhXh XXXf XXXX fgXX X XXXX XXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,1,1,5,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111000101100 1000111110 110101111110 1101011010110 110110010101 01101010110 11101001011 1010100101011 11100111001 101001101101 1000111111 11100110001 1111111100 10101010110 111111101110 10010011110 1111001111110 11011100110 011001011110 111010101010 1111111111 111101010010 01010100100 1110101101101 1 11001011111 1111111111110 1100110111 1111011110 10010101111 111111101 111101011 110011110111 1010111110110 11100101111 1101110111 10110110111 11101101 0111010101010 100001111 11110111010 0110011100 11011101011 110010100100 1001101110 101100100111 10111010010 11100111 101110100110 1 1001001010100 11011110111 10111011010 11010011011 110100110111 10110100110 10111010111 110110110100 10100111 1 11011110 1111101111010 1111111010 11101010110 11001111101 1111100110 10011111010 01011111010 11101111100 10111001010 011010110110 1100111010 11101011011 1111010110 10011011011 110101001011 10011011110 10110110101 101010111010 11101111101 1101011001 1110010100 1011011101 1011101110 10111111110 110111111011 1110101010100 1 111111 1 110100 11111011100 110111011101 0110110110 010010001001 11101100110 1110011011 11010101110 1001011011 11011010110 11100011001 01001010010 101100011000 1001010011 10100001110 111101110111 11110110110 100101011 1110011110 111110010 11011111101 11111010011 100110101010 1111011001 101011010100 1 1010101010010 01101110101 1001101111010 10101011110 111010111101 110111111110 110100100110 01101111011 1011011110 0111110110110 11111110110 11001110110 110110011101 11010110101 01111000110111 11111111011 11100011111 10011011100 100111100110 110110111010 110101101010 11100011101 10110001101 011101110011 0101001100010 110011101111 11001111111 11110110110 1 111001011101 111111000 10111111101 111110110010 11110110110 11011111010 1011011011100 110100110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 45
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 153
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; est, le, de, les, et, la, nous, o, des, dans are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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

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