This is an analysis of the poem Réversibilité (Reversability) that begins with:

Ange plein de gaieté, connaissez-vous l'angoisse,
La honte, les remords, les sanglots, les ennuis,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX XaXXX XXXXX BXXXB XccXX X DXeXD FabbF GefcG BcfhB CXdbC X X DidiD CacaC BabaB JhjhJ CkckC a h lkkll CbbcC BccbB EmmXE CkckC h X NXenN CaacC GbbgG BhhXB BggbB X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,1,5,5,5,5,5,1,1,5,5,5,5,5,1,1,5,5,5,5,5,1,1,5,5,5,5,5,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100110 11110110110 111010011001 1100011110101 1101100110 1101100111 11111111001 11101101010 101101110100 1101100111 11011001110 10111101010 1110111110 10001111011 11011001110 1101100111 111010111010 0101110010 111110101110 1101100111 110100110100 1010100111 110001101 101111011110 110100110100 100000 10101011110 1011100 1011001101 110011010110 10101011110 10101011110 011001010101 11011010101 110101001100 10101011110 1010111110 101111100101 010111001001 101001100111 1010111110 10101011110 0101011010001 010001001101 101101100010 10101011110 101010001101 101011110111 001010010101 1011011101 101010001101 010110100 100000 1001011110 1101110101 11000101110 1101110101 1001011110 1001011101 1101110101 1101010101 1100010001 1001011101 10011110010 01110111110 11110101110 10010101110 10011110010 1001011111 010101010010 0111111101 01010100010 1001011111 10010100101 0101011101 0101001101 1111010101 10010100101 0101110 01101 100100111101 111101010111 011110011001 010101110111 100100111101 100100111101 0110010010101 0101000100011 01111010011 100100111101 100111110001 110100011101 001110110011 010101111101 100111110001 100101110100 0011001010101 110101000111 010101010111 100101110100 1001100101001 101111110001 110111110001 1101101011111 1001100101001 0101110 100000 10100101111 100111110011 101100110101 110101101101 10100101111 101001001111 111001110101 110100010101 100101001111 101001001111 1010010011110 111111010101 011101101101 10010111101110 1010010011110 10100100011110 0101011101010 0101011001010 0101111111000 10100100011110 101001011001 1001011111110 0011010011010 111001011011 101001011001 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 138
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; les, de, of, thou, spirit, thy, and, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ange, angel, the, spirit are repeated.

    The author used the same words ange, angel, spirit 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 vres, res are repeated).

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

  • summary of Réversibilité (Reversability);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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