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

Voici le matin ridicule
Qui vient décolorer la nuit,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XAXa XbXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX bXXb XXXX XAXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 1110011 101110 00110101 010111100 11100110 111110100 11111110111 0111110 11100101 1111011 110111 11110111 11111110 01011010 110011 111110 11111010 111110 10011010 11111100 11010110 1110010 11000111 11011110 11101110 11001110 11001011 111001111 101110 111110 1110001 11001110 1101110 111110100 11001010 11101110 111110 110110110 1111101 11111 111001 0111001 11111100 010111100 11100110 11110100 1111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; le, les, en are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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