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

L'averse a sabré l'air de ses lames de grêle,
Et voici que le ciel luit comme un parvis bleu, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaX XXaX 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: 10011011001 110101111101 11111110001 110011101111 0100111111111 11101101 111001110010100 01111111101 11011011100 111001100111 1101011101 10011110100 1111011110 1010101110100 01110111011 11010110101111 11111010100 111010111110 101101101011 111001101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; le, de, et are repeated.

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

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

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

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