This is an analysis of the poem Le Marin that begins with:
La nuit est noire et le ciel sans étoiles;
Le vent mugit et frappe, en vain, nos voiles ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXA XXXXXA XXXXXA XXXXX A XXXXXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,5,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101110 0110111111 1100110 0110001110 01111111 11111001 0111011 111001011 10111101 0110001110 01111111 11111001 11001111 1110101110 1110010 0110001110 01111111 11111001 111010110 10101110 110111 0110001110 01111111 11111001 110011110 101011011 11111 0110001110 01111111 11111001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, adieu, re are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words adieu, vous are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tre, re are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word pas at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Le Marin;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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