This is an analysis of the poem Clair De Lune that begins with:

A l'heure, où les bois d'aubépines,
De combe en combe au loin neigeant,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX bXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXbb XXcc dXXX XXXd XXXX XXXb XXaX XcXd abXX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111100 01111110 10001101 1110110 1101111 111011 11110101 1110110 101110 11011010 100101010 1111110 1111010 1110010 10011 10010100 1111110 11011111 011001110 01010111 1101110 111111 101100110 001010011 1110111 0011011 10111111 110101100 101111 111011 11111011 01110110 101111110 1111110 1101110 11101110 1110111 1101101 1111111 111101 1111111 01100110 101110 11101100 1111100 10110010 1011011 010111 10110110 10011111 111011 10110110 11010110 10110011 1111111 1011011 10111110 11011001 11001110 111110010 1111010 0111101 1100111 010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; la, ses, des, leurs are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Clair De Lune;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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