This is an analysis of the poem De Papineau Gun that begins with:
AN INCIDENT OF THE CANADIAN REBELLION OF 1837.
Bon jour, M'sieu'--you want to know... full text
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: X abXb Xcdc XaeX fXbX XdXX XXXX XXce gXfc XXaX fXXX XXXX Xaca ebgb XdXd fbeb adXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110000010001001 1111101 11111011 11100111 11111101 11111111 11111101 110100111 11010111 01011111 11010011 1111010 11010101 11011111 1011100 11101101 01010100 1111011 11011101 11010110 111110 11111100 11111101 11011111 11010110 11010011 111001100 11110101 11110101 01001111 11011100 11111111 10011011 110111110 11101001 11111111 1111011 10110101 11111100 100111101 1001110000 11110101 01011100 11011111 1111101 01110110 11111111 11110111 11110101 11011111 11111111 11011001 11110101 11111101 11101101 11011110 11011101 11011111 01001111 11010111 11010101 11011101 11111111 01110111 10101010
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, bang are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', chenier are repeated.
The author used the same word an' 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 De Papineau Gun;
- 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.
