This is an analysis of the poem A Qui Donc Sommes-Nous? that begins with:

A qui donc sommes-nous ? Qui nous a ? qui nous mène ?
Vautour fatalité, tiens-tu la race humaine ? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXaaa XXXXXX aXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101110111 10100111110 110110 1111111011 110110111101 11110 011101101101100 110110110011 101010 11010110101 11110111101 101111 10110111011 11100100011 11110 1110011100 10110111110 10110 11000101011 101111110101 111101 11011111100 11010111110 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

  • summary of A Qui Donc Sommes-Nous?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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