This is an analysis of the poem Évocation that begins with:
J’ai longtemps écouté tes doux chuchotements,
Muse ou démon des jours actuels. Mais tu mens !...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXX XaXXXXXXXb cc XXXX XXXXXbXX aXXX XbXXXXXXXXXX XXcc XXXX XXbb XaXXXX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,2,4,8,4,12,4,4,4,6,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111000 1111110111 1010101101000 1010011011100 0110011111010 11011110100 101010101010 110110011111 10101101011 111001101110 11111110101 1101111010 0100101010 11010110001 110110111011 11010110100101 110111001101 11110011011 10101101011 11011111110 111110111100 11110111010 100111111110 110010110111 11010001110 110110111110 11101111100 10001011001 110010110110 111111111111 11010111101 10001110110 101111101 101111011111 11100100100 11100111111 100011111010 110011111111 10011010010 1011101111 111001111001 101111101110 111101111 111111110 1111010101110 11110110010 111011100001 101110111 11101111011 11100101 1111011001100 11110111100 1011011110 1111011110 10011101111 11110111110 11111010111 11100011010 101010101010 101111110111 100110101011 10101110100 101010101110 111101110100 11110011000 1111110110
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; venez, et, de, ces, les, des, qu, on, bien, s are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ces, viens, qu, venez are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tes, nus are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Évocation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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