This is an analysis of the poem Le Nid Solitaire that begins with:

Va, mon âme, au-dessus de la foule qui passe,
Ainsi qu'un libre oiseau te baigner dans l'espace....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXBX aXcc XXXX aXBX
  • 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: 111110011111 1010110110110 111111010101 01111111 1111010111011 1111011111111 101111110111 1010011011 011101010110 100111111010 11100111110 10111011110 1111110011111 1010110110110 111111010101 01111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; de, les are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sort is repeated).

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

  • summary of Le Nid Solitaire;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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