This is an analysis of the poem Le Ciel En Nuit, S'Est Déplié that begins with:

Le ciel en nuit, s'est déplié
Et la lune semble v eiller...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXXXXX XXXaXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111 1111110 1010100 1011111 1011111111 111101010 1010111 11110 111111111 111110110 111111100 01101100 111111111011 11111111001001 1110011110 1101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; et is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Le Ciel En Nuit, S'Est Déplié;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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