This is an analysis of the poem Ceux Qui Vivent, Ce Sont Ceux Qui Luttent that begins with:

Ceux qui vivent, ce sont ceux qui luttent ; ce sont
Ceux dont un dessein ferme emplit l'âme et le front....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXXbXXXbXXXaXXXXXXbbXXXX XXXXaXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011111011 111101101101 11111010011 11101011101 10101111111 1111011110 101110101 1010011010 1101011111111 1110101101111 101101001110 101110110011 10001110101 0110001111101 11001011111 11111010011 111111110111 110010111001 1011101101 1110111 111010111 1111110100 111101111111 01010101111 110111011101111 11101111011 1011011110110 110110101010 110110111101 11010110011 11111011110 111101111110 110101110111 101001110 10010111111 1010011110101 1011010110 1011111011 11111111011110 110111100100 111111111101 1100111011 111111101 111111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 204
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; ceux, qui, les, le, ils, sans, pas, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ceux, c'est, car, ils are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Ceux Qui Vivent, Ce Sont Ceux Qui Luttent;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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