This is an analysis of the poem Un Soir (I) that begins with:

Sur des marais de gangrène et de fiel
Des coeurs d'astres troués saignent du fond du ciel....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX bbXX XXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101101 11101100101 01011111 110010 110011100 011101100 1011101010 11111110 111011110 11001011 101111 1100101 111010 11100010 10111011 10111110 101101011 1111111 1111111 1000111 11110110 11111011 11111110 1111110 1101101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, de, la, mort, coeur, mon are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, o, mon are repeated.

    The author used the same words pays, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines es, pre are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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