This is an analysis of the poem Soupir that begins with:

La nuit avec amour se penche sur la terre !
Le ciel de juin s'enflamme à l'horizon, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: A XX X XXXX X XXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010111111 010110100 11110010 111110111 11011011 1110010 11100110 01011010 111110111 1100101011 1110111011 111010111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, de are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ur is repeated).

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

  • summary of Soupir;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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