This is an analysis of the poem La Nuit Transfigurée that begins with:

Ce flot de vent d'ombre et d'étoile
Au ciel immense qui se voile...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXaX bXXXXXX bXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 11011111 1110 110110 111001 1100 1 101111 11100111 1110 101010 10110110 1110 1 111111110 1111010 11000 1010110 1111010 1110 1 1011100 1101111 0100 111110 1101111 1010 1 11011101 111110 0100 1110110 1110111 1000 1 111010 111001001 11 1101010 111010 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of La Nuit Transfigurée;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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