This is an analysis of the poem Chanson D'Hier that begins with:

J’étais comme en plein sommeil
Avant que de te connaître,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 0110110 11111 111001 111110 11111100 1111110 111100 111111 01101 11101110 010011 11110100 101010 111100 111010110 1110110 111111 11111011 1101111 101100 11110111 1111011 11101 1100111 110011 11011 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, je are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tre is repeated).

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  • summary of Chanson D'Hier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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