This is an analysis of the poem Pieusement that begins with:
La nuit d'hiver élève au ciel son pur calice.
Et je lève mon coeur aussi, mon coeur nocturne,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXXX XXXXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101111110 111111101110 10111111001 1101111101100 110101111110 111111011111 11101111110110 1111111011 111111111110 1010101111 110010111110 11101111110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; mon, et are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word et is repeated.
The author used the same word et at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Pieusement;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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