This is an analysis of the poem Harmonic Du Soir that begins with:
Voici venir le temps
Now is the hour when, swinging in the breeze,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aBaB BCBC CdCD dXDc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101001 10010110001 1101010101 0101011100 11001110101 1101010101 0001111111 11001110101 0101110001 0001111111 1111011101 0101110001 1011011101 0111011101 11010011100 1011011101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, of, death are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Harmonic Du Soir;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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