This is an analysis of the poem Noël that begins with:
Le ciel est noir, la terre est blanche ;
- Cloches, carillonnez gaîment ! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101111011 10100010 1011111 11011010 10100100 1101101 11110100 11011001 1101111 1110111 1110111 11011010 11111110 1101101 111101110 11101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; est, le are repeated.
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- summary of Noël;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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