This is an analysis of the poem L'Oiseau Que J'Attends that begins with:

Les beaux soleils morts vont renaître,
Et voici déjà mille oiseaux...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXA XXXXXXXA XXXXXXXA XXXXXaXA XXXXXXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 1101110 101111 10111011 111011110 11111 11011000 1011101111 100111 11111111 11100011 11001001 111111 11110101 11011111 1011101111 10010011 11111110 1110111111 11011110 111010 1010111 11111010 1011101111 11010011 11111011 111111 11110110 111110 1011011 1111111 1011101111 01101111 110011111 1011111 100111 10111111 01101111 1111001 1011101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; les is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word pas at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of L'Oiseau Que J'Attends;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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