This is an analysis of the poem Elégie that begins with:

La bataille sans s'affaisser
Titubait dans l'orgie et dans le sang:...

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: XXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100 100111101 11110100 100110111 1000101110100 111101111 110 11011011110 1011110011010 11 11101100011101 11111 10110011011 1101 111101110 1111111 111010 1110 10000 110001 1110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; la is repeated.

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

  • summary of Elégie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Yvan Goll