This is an analysis of the poem Succube that begins with:
Je rêvais, l’autre nuit, qu’aux splendeurs des orages,
Sur le parquet mouvant d’un salon de nuages,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XX XXabba XXXXXX XX cXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXc XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,6,6,2,4,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111101100 100110101010 01010110010 101101110 11110 111110 1111011100 11101010010 11100110001 1111011110 01101110 11001101 1011101011 101010111 1100010010 1101001110 11001011101 11111101 110111110111 101111101 10111101010 11101110111 1111110011 111000 111111100 1010110100 10101110110 1101011010 11111110 1010110 1111101110110 100111111010 100011010 1110100111 10111010 1110010 11100011010 111010011110 011100100010 100111100001 11101001111 10011101 111011111 11111010110 11111110100 01011110111 11001111011 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 49
- 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:
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; de, orbe are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sie, es, e, vre, tresse, orbe are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Succube;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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