This is an analysis of the poem Le Roi D’yvetot that begins with:

Il etait un roi d'Yvetot,
Peu connu dans l'histoire;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXbCcc XXdXbXbcXeXeXaXCXXXfbXXCXgXgXXXCahihXXXC X Xgjggggii hihifffjhahaaaaJgigXbbbJXahaiiiJdbdbkkkii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,40,1,9,41,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100 110110 1101111101 101111 1101100 11010010 11 11111111 11101101 11 1101110 110101 1111101 100110 101011001 1111101 101 11111111 11001100 101111 11101110 1111011 1010101110 1111011 10 11111111 1100110 1110111 11010110 001011 101111001 1110111 11 11111111 11001110 110101 1101100 101011 1111000100 1011100 10 11111111 10111010 011111 1101101 101110 1101110 111110 10 11111111 010100 11010100 01011101 11110101 11010101 110011111 11000101 1101 11111111 1010111 110010101 1110111 11110111 1010101 1010101 11110011 1111 1111 010110011 10011101 11110011 11110101 110100111 11000101 1101 111 01010001 010011111 01011101 111101 11110101 11010111 1101 111 10111110 11010101 11110101 111100101 11011101 1010111 0101 111 01000101 01010101 11010101 10010101 01001111 10110001 1101 101111111111 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 572
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; ah, oh, la, of, he, ho are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word il at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines la, yvetot are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word me 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 la connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Le Roi D’yvetot;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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