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

Vous voilà de nouveau près de moi
Souvenirs de mes compagnons morts à la guerre...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXdcXXacXbXXXXdXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 10101100111 1001 1011110110 111001111010 1110010011110100010 100100111101 1110011 11011010 1110101 11111001 1111001110101111 101111110111111 100 1100100111 11101011110110 111010111010 11001 1000110 10001 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 757
  • Average number of words per stanza: 140
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; de, vous are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word comme is repeated.

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

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

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