This is an analysis of the poem Dors-Tu? that begins with:
Et toi ! dors-tu quand la nuit est si belle,
Quand l'eau me cherche et me fuit comme toi ;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111110111 111111111 11111111010 111111101 1111101 111011101 1110110101 111111110 111111110 1101111011 1101111 1011111111 1101100100 1101011110 11101111110 11011110110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tu, quand, les are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word quand is repeated.
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- summary of Dors-Tu?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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