This is an analysis of the poem Résignons-Nous that begins with:

C’est la saison des avalanches ;
Le bois est noir, le ciel est gris,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXaB XbXXXXXB XXXXXXXB XXXXXXXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011010 0101101011 11011110 1101011 1101100 10001110 10100011 101 1101110 11110111 1100110 11011011 101111100 111001011 110111000 101 1111111 101111 0110011 11011110 1110110 011111 1110110 101 111011110 111011 110101100 111110 11111 10111011 11100011 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; est, les, la, nous are repeated.

    The author used the same word c at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word nous at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Résignons-Nous;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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