This is an analysis of the poem Dors! that begins with:

L'orage de tes jours a passé sur ma vie ;
J'ai plié sous ton sort, j'ai pleuré de tes pleurs ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101111 1111111011 111011111 110110111110 111100101111 111110011110 111101110111 1011011110 11111111101111 1101110010 11110100010 11111111 0101001111011 101001011 1110111101 111010111111 1111011111 101101111 0111011100 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tes, rien, moi, j', le are repeated.

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

  • summary of Dors!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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