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

L'étang mystérieux, suaire aux blanches moires,
Frisonne; au fond du bois la clairière apparaît ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX bXXX XXXX XabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 101101110100 1101101110110 1011111011 1011111101100 11101111110 1101110101000 111111010 11101111111 101110101111 1111101111 101010111010 11101110101 11011010110 111111110011 1100101110 110100101011 011011110110 0111001011100 011111100010 1111110110 110111011010 11110101010 11110011010 101101111011 101111111 11110011101 11011110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vous, que, la, le, les are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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