This is an analysis of the poem Choses Du Soir that begins with:

Le brouillard est froid, la bruyère est grise ;
Les troupeaux de boeufs vont aux abreuvoirs ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaa BX XXcX BX XXXX BX aXXX BX XXXX BX XXcX BX aXXX BX XXXX BX XXXa BX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101111011 1100111100 11101101 11111101 11111111111111 110101110 01001111011 110110110110 101101101 101011101 11111111111111 110101110 110101011 101011101 0101010110 111011110 11111111111111 110101110 11111111 0101111100 0110111100 111010110 11111111111111 110101110 0111101 110111111 1001011011 111101110 11111111111111 110101110 1111010110 11100011110 11111111101 111111110 11111111111111 110101110 11010101110 1011111010 011001111 011011110 11111111111111 110101110 101111100 0101110110 1101001111 110001010 11111111111111 110101110 1111111100 1101011 10111111 1101011110 11111111111111 110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; est, des, le, la are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words le, la are repeated.

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

  • summary of Choses Du Soir;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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