This is an analysis of the poem Le Crapaud that begins with:
Un chant dans une nuit sans air…
– La lune plaque en métal clair...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaX XXX XXXX XXa X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,3,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111111 111111 1100011 1111111 1011001 011111111 1101011 1011101 1011011 10001110 11101010 11111010 111111101 10110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; un, l, horreur are repeated.
The author used the same word un at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Le Crapaud;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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