This is an analysis of the poem Comme À D'Autres, L'Heure Et L'Humeur that begins with:

Comme à d'autres, l'heure et l'humeur :
L'heure morose ou l'humeur malévole...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXX XXXX XXXaXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,6,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 10111010 1101111001 11010 111111110 11111111110001 110110100 111110 11110110 101100111110 111101111010 11011110 1101110010 1100111 1111110111 111011010110 10 110011111 11101011011 11011111010 110010110 110111 10011111001 110011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; nos, nous, la, et are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Comme À D'Autres, L'Heure Et L'Humeur;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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