This is an analysis of the poem Vous M'Avez Dit, Tel Soir that begins with:
Vous m'avez dit, tel soir, des paroles si belles
Que sans doute les fleurs, qui se penchaient vers nous,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011110111 111111111011 10111111110 111011101110 111011101110 1111101110010 10100011100 1011001111010 11101111 1111110001 1011010111011 11010111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; nous, des are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word comment is repeated.
The author used the same word vous at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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More information about poems by Emile Verhaeren
- Analysis of La Plaine
- Analysis of Le Ménétrier
- Analysis of Lorsque Tu Fermeras Mes Yeux À La Lumière
