This is an analysis of the poem Un Soir that begins with:

Un aigle descendit de ce ciel blanc d'archanges
Et vous soutenez-moi...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX 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: 111000111100 111001 1001101010110 1111 11011011111 11111 111010100111 111010 1111101110110 101110 11101111110 1111110 110101111000 11110 11101110010 1111011 110111100110 1 1101101110100 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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