This is an analysis of the poem Musique that begins with:

Sous les premiers soleils qui déchirent la nue
L’air plus doux s’allanguit de parfums hésitants....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXA XBAc BDcX DXXX XEXX EXXX XXXX XXXX XDXX DXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011011 11110000110 101101111111 1011011010 11110000110 111110111 1011011010 11111111101 111110111 101100110011 11111111101 11111010011 101100110011 110111001100 11111010011 1111100010 110111001100 1110111001 1111100010 11110101110 1110111001 11011011101 11110101110 11110110110 11011011101 111000011010 11110110110 0111100110110 111000011010 1111011010 0111100110110 11110110111 1111011010 11101111011 11110110111 110111110 11101111011 1011010110 110111110 11011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; l, vers, d, mon, de are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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