This is an analysis of the poem Un Matin that begins with:

Dès le matin, par mes grand'routes coutumières
Qui traversent champs et vergers, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XaXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111001000 11001110 11110111 01100011010 11111111111111110 11111110 11001110 010111111010 1111010101111 101111 1010111 0110000110 111100111101 1110111 11110110 111111111001 1110111100100 1110111110 1011010 1110111111110 1111011101 11101111 111010110 11011101010 10011110110110 1111100 1010111 11100111100110 111011111110 101111100 1110111 1011101111001 11111111111 11101011 111101110 11010111011 111010111 1111111 1111101 11001101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, je, les, mes 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 je 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 Un Matin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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