This is an analysis of the poem Au Gouffre De Han that begins with:

Nul regard, si perçant qu'il soit et si sublime,
Nul regard ne pourrait te sonder, noir abîme,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aaX XXX XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101011101 101111011011 11100 11011111111 1111011111 110110 10011110111 1111101101 111010 010111100110 1010101110 110111 110111011111 10110110011 1010110 11110101010 11101010111 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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

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

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  • summary of Au Gouffre De Han;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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