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

Quand on est sous l'enchantement
D'une faveur d'amour nouvelle,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111000 1101011 1110100 101 1111011 011010101 10010111 111 1110 11111 111111111 1111 11011110 11110111 101011111 111 11111 110111000 111010 11000 11011111 1110110 10010111 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; le, rien, la are repeated.

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

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

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