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

Sur une route interminable,
Et par un soleil qui chauffait...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb XcXX XdXd XXXX aXab XeXX XXXX XcaX XbXb XXcX eXeX fXfd XXXX XgXg XXXX XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101000 11101110 11101010 10011101 111110 11001101 11011011 11111010 11011010 1111110 11010110 101110110 101101 111011110 10010110 11001110 1111011 1111100 1100101 111110 1011010 1001111 111011101 1101100 0101110 0111001 11111111 1101111 1111111 10100111 111101100 111011100 111101101 101011 11111110 111011 1011010 01110110 111110111111 11001100 11110110 1111110 111100 1011100 11101010 111100110 1010110 11111111 111101101 1010001 11110110 11011110 1111111111 11111110 111010110 1111110 11011110 111111010 10110011 00111010 1101110 11111100 10011111 1010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; de is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tu is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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