This is an analysis of the poem C'Était La Première Soirée that begins with:
C'était la première soirée
Du mois d'avril....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: XXaB cXcX XdXX XXXX XXXe XeXX XfXX XXXX XXec XaXX XXXf XXXX XXXc XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX XfXX XXXX XBXX XXeX XXXX XdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 0110 11110101 1101 11011101 1111 01101101 1011 11101 1011 1101001 1100 11011111 110 110111 111 1011011 1110 1011110 1101 11010110 1101 10111110 0110 11011110 1011 111010 1110 11100111 111 110111 10011 11110111 1111 11101100 1001 111111 1011 111101 110 1101111 111 1011011 0111 1101101 110 1111111 1000 110110100 1110 110110110 1111 11001110 1101 1110111 1011 1111010 0110 11011110 10011 11110111 110 1110111 1110 11100101 100 11101 1111 1111101 1010 11110111 111 11101110 1101 1111010 1110 11011111110 111011 1111110 11 111111 1101 11101 0110 111010110 1110 1011110110 1110 11010011 1110 111111 1101 1111101 1110 1001001 1100
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; j'ai, un, je are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tout, j'ai are repeated.
The author used the same word que at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of C'Était La Première Soirée;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
