This is an analysis of the poem Un Moment that begins with:

Un moment suffira pour payer une année ;
Le regret plus longtemps ne peut nourrir mon sort....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XXXB XXXX XXXB XXXX XXXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011011 0011101111011 11011111110 1111111011 111110111100 101010111110 1111111011110 111111110110 111110110111 100101100011 11111111001 1111110110111 111110111100 101010111110 1111111011110 111111110110 110110111 111111111010 11111111111111 101111111101110 111110111100 101010111110 1111111011110 111111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; heure, une, de, ', il, le, je are repeated.

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

  • summary of Un Moment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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