This is an analysis of the poem Tout Effrayé De Ce Monstre Nocturne that begins with:

Tout effrayé de ce monstre nocturne,
Je vis un corps hideusement nerveux,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11001110 11111100010 01111010 01111010 1100101011 101110110 101011110 101010011 101111100 110011110 1011111 11110010 10101111100 101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; le is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Tout Effrayé De Ce Monstre Nocturne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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