This is an analysis of the poem L'Aveugle that begins with:

'Dieu dont l'arc est d'argent, dieu de Claros, écoute;
O Sminthée-Apollon, je périrai sans doute,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
  • Сlosest stanza type:
  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 675
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 270
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; et, de, qu'on, vous, la, s, toi, les, ma, aux, le, h, e, sa are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words le, que, et, les are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines te, re, tre, s, es, e, nue, tombe are repeated).

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

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  • summary of L'Aveugle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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