This is an analysis of the poem Une Heure De Soir that begins with:

En ces heures de soirs et de brumes ployés
Sur des fleuves partis vers des fleuves sans bornes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX bXXX XXXX cXbX XXXb cXXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110101 1110101110110 110010111110 1011111111 1111101111 1010101111011 111110100100 1010010111 1101111111 11110111111 1111011110 010011011 1110011101101 110100111011 11111010101 100011101111 11101111111101 111011100011 111111010011 111111011010111 111111111011 1011111000 11010111000 11100011111111 1111011111 1110110110 101111011 010011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; des, la, les are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word et 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 Une Heure De Soir;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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