This is an analysis of the poem Le Beau Jour that begins with:
J'eus en ma vie un si beau jour,
Qu'il éclaire encore mon âme....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXaXXXa XaXXXXXXa BaXXBXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 1011111 1111111 1111010 11111011 1011101110 1011010 1111011110 11111011 111111110 110111 1011111 10100100 10101110 1011111 1111110 1111010 1001111 111101111 11011011 111111110 1111011 111101111 1011111110 11111010 11110110 1100111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; je is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words c'est, qu'elle are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word coeur at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Le Beau Jour;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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