This is an analysis of the poem Le Rossignol Aveugle that begins with:

Pauvre exilé de l'air ! Sans ailes, sans lumière,
Oh ! Comme on t'a fait malheureux !...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXaXXX XaXbaaXXXX XXXXXXXX XcXdXXXe bXffgXgXX XXaXeXhih XdihXXXXXXXXXf eeaXXXXcXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,8,8,9,9,14,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111110 11111100 111010110 110110111100 100101101 01111001110 11111100011 1111110111111 11111111111 111110111110 11011111110 1111010 11011110010 11101010101 11101111010 1110011110110 111111111 11101111111 110110100110 11110010111 10110110110 101010111100 111011101100 11110101110 1001000111000 11011010011 1100111010 1101011110 1010111101 1101011110 111011110 111100110001 10101101010 111111110 11111111110 111110110010 111110 11111101 111111011111 110011101110 1101011011 11011011111 111111 1111010 1110110 111100 1110101111110 01011111110 111011100 111111 110110 11101 111101 0110011 11111011 11011 111010011 101101101010 11110111111101 110110011 11110110110 111111111 1111011111 111010111010 1111010 1110101 1101010 11110010 1110100 11111101 11011111 11111 10101011 1110110 110110 111101010 1111 11111 1011101 1110110 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 408
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; tu, la, ton are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e, re are repeated).

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

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