This is an analysis of the poem L'Ombre Est Lustrale Et L'Aurore Irisée that begins with:

L'ombre est lustrale et l'aurore irisée.
De la branche, d'où s'envole là-haut ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXb XcXX XXXa XXXXbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011010 01111011 10 1011001 1101011 101011 1110101011 11111101110 1111111110 11110101110 11001111111 1101101111 11011111101 101100111010 1110 111100101110 11101011 111001101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; re, et are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re is repeated).

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  • summary of L'Ombre Est Lustrale Et L'Aurore Irisée;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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