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

Le soir, plein des dégoûts du journalier mirage,
Avec des dents, brutal, de folie et de feu,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111010001 10111001101 1111111111110 1101110111 11111100010 0101101111001 101101100100 1111011010 111111111010 111111111111 11011111100 111011111 11101101011111 1111011111011 11111110111 11011100110 1111111101 100001001100 1110111001 11101110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, de, des, se, me, je, le are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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