This is an analysis of the poem Crépuscule that begins with:

Frôlée par les ombres des morts
Sur l'herbe où le jour s'exténue...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 111011 100111 1111011 1100100 1111111 01110110 101101 1111001 1101100 1101001 10111100 10111 111110 10111110 11101100 1011111 11111011 0110111 1010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; les is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nue is repeated).

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

  • summary of Crépuscule;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Guillaume Apollinaire