This is an analysis of the poem Ciel Brouillé (Cloudy Sky) that begins with:

On dirait ton regard d'une vapeur couvert;
Ton oeil mystérieux (est-il bleu, gris ou vert?)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabb XXXa cXXX XXXX d aebd fcef caed gahg X d ccbb iibb eXee hhbb b X eecc ddee cXdd XcXc Xg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,1,4,4,4,4,1,1,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010111010 11100111111 1000001110 110011101 1100111111 111111111100 11011100111 1111101011 11001011010 1000110110010 11100101 100011010111 11001010 10001110111110 1101110010010 110110111101 101 1111111101 101001111111 1000101010 010100110001 1101111111 1101011001 110100100101 011101110101 101011110010 101101001001 10101111101 01011100101 110010101010 011001111111 111101010010 101011011 010110100 101 1111110101 1111110011 01110101010 01011101110 1111111101 1001011101 1101010001 1101110101 11010101010 11010101100 1111011101 01010100101 10010101010 11011111010 0101010111 0111110111 0101110 11 1111010101 11010010111 1011011101 0101000101 1111010101 1101010101 1101010101 01001110101 1111110111 0101011100 11001010111 1001100101 1101011111 11111101010 11010101010 1101110111 0101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; s, les, qui, et, your, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words tu, you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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  • summary of Ciel Brouillé (Cloudy Sky);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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