This is an analysis of the poem Le Rossignol that begins with:

C'était un soir du mois où les grappes sont mûres,
Et celle que je pleure était encore là....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXX bXbX XXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111011 1111111111 11101111100 11011100 01011101110 111101110 11001111001 1111110100100 111111011011 101111110111 11110011110111 1110101111 10111101100 1111101111010 1111111101 1101011110 111101111 1101010111100 101010010111 110010101100 111010011 1101101010 11111111111 1100110010 11110011010 11111011100 110110101101 1101011110 110111101101110 1110111110 11110011110 11011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; nuit is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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