This is an analysis of the poem Le Réveil that begins with:

Si tu m'appartenais (faisons ce rêve étrange ! ),
Je voudrais avant toi m'éveiller le matin...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100010111 111001110010 110010101101 101100111010 1011010010 1101011010 100011110110 111011111011 1111100011 11101111101010 11001111010 110110111011 1101101111111 101100110001 101010011111111 11011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; de, ton are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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