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

Mon âme est comme un ciel sans bornes ;
Elle a des immensités mornes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa bXXbbX XXXXXX XaXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111110 10110010 11000101 1010111 010101 1110110011 111011101 11011010 1111010 111001100 101000110 11011 1110100 11100110 1110010 111111110 110111 1100111 11011111 111111 101110 1101011 111011110 111101010 1111110 11011110 1111110 110101 1000111 011111010 111110 1011001 1111010 11010111 11101110 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; de, l, les are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tous is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, es, ve, vres are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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