This is an analysis of the poem Le Ver Luisant that begins with:

Juin parfumait la nuit, et la nuit transparente
N'était qu'un voile frais étendu sur les fleurs :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaXXXXXXbbX XaXa XXXXXaXaXX XcXcXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,12,4,10,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011111100 1101110111 1010011110 1010101101 1111110110 11111110 111100110111 10111110011 11111101 1110111111 1111101111000 1000111111000 1111101111100 111000111101 10011101 111001110 111101110 011011110 111011011 1011010011 11110101101 11011110 1110011 11110111 11110110110 01001011101 11010110100 111010011 101110111110 111011111001 100101111010 1101011010 1001101 10110110 1011001101 101111100 010011101101 11011101001 1001011111 11011011 10111 11010110 11111100101 110110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 380
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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