This is an analysis of the poem Hiver that begins with:

Non, ce n'est pas l'été, dans le jardin qui brille,
Où tu t'aimes de vivre, où tu ris, coeur d'enfant !...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101011 111001111110 111100111 101111111111 1111110111 1111110010 11110110011 1011011110011 1111011001110 11011011001 1100101101100 111111011 110101111111 1001101011 101010111001 111101111 11111011111 1111010111 1110110111111 01111001111 1100111100110 111111111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tu, o, qui, les, le, c'est are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, les are repeated.

    The author used the same word c'est at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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