This is an analysis of the poem Spleen D'Été that begins with:
L'orageux crépuscule oppresse au loin la mer
Et les noirs sapins. L'ombre, hélas ! revient toujours....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XXXa XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101111 11110111010 111111110110 1011110110 1111111111 111011110 11011110001 1111101110 110100010100 1011110110 1110110111111 1111111110011110 011100101100 11011010111 1010001110 0111011110 111111101 1101011110 10111110001 111111110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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:
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; les, pour, je are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Spleen D'Été;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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