This is an analysis of the poem A Un Poète Aveugle that begins with:

Merci, poète! -- au seuil de mes lares pieux,
Comme un hôte divin, tu viens et te dévoiles ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101101 11110111110 110101110 11001111110 110101101 01111111 101111101 11011001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • 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:

    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; te, de are repeated.

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  • summary of A Un Poète Aveugle;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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