This is an analysis of the poem Un Cri that begins with:
Hirondelle ! hirondelle ! hirondelle !
Est-il au monde un coeur fidèle ?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXAX XXXXXXAX XXXXXXAX XXXXXXAX XXXXXXAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100100 01111111 111011101 10010101 1001101 111111 111101010 101111 100100100 01111111 111011101 10010101 11101011 1111011 11110100 111111110 100100100 01111111 111011101 10010101 111110110 11111110 1110110 11011111 100100100 01111111 111011101 10010101 101101 111110 0100101 11110110 100100100 01111111 111011101 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; le, hirondelle, un are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word toi at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Un Cri;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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