This is an analysis of the poem Interrogation Des Astres Jean Aicard that begins with:

Astres d'or, — splendeurs du Monde infini,
Bien souvent le soir, sous mon front bruni,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaX aXXB aXXXaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1011001100 1100111110 110111010 1110111010 1011110110 11101101110 0101011100 1001111110 101 11001111110 101011111 110101110 10110111110 010101110 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; il, le are repeated.

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

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