This is an analysis of the poem Soir Religieux (V) that begins with:

Un silence souffrant pénètre au coeur des choses,
Les bruits ne remuent plus qu'affaiblis par le soir, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111110 11111011000101 111010110100 010111111010 111011111100 010110101010 1011011110100 111111100011 1111111111 1101111110110 1111111110 111001110110 110100111100 1101111101 10111111101 101101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; les, et, un are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word un at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Soir Religieux (V);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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