This is an analysis of the poem Après L'Hiver (Ii) that begins with:

N'attendez pas de moi que je vais vous donner
Des raisons contre Dieu que je vois rayonner ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXX aXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011111110 110111111100 111101100110 1111110110110 1111010100100 100111111011 111101011001 11111110010101 111111011 111001111 10011110111 110101110010 1111110111001 10111101111 1100100110 1110011110 110110100011 101111001 11101110111 110011111 1111111011 100110110110 1011101101000 101110111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 583
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; la, je, le, tre, des are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words je, on are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Après L'Hiver (Ii);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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