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

Le soir qui vient de la rive,
Qui dans ta clarté s'avive,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111011 111110 1111 1101111 10111 11111 1 10111 10110 1101110 11010000 1110100 1110110 1 011001 111011 11110 1100100 1111110 1101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.

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

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

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