This is an analysis of the poem Horror that begins with:
Esprit mystérieux qui, le doigt sur ta bouche,
Passes... ne t'en va pas ! parle à l'homme farouche...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX XbaXXX ccXXXX XXbXXb XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110101111 10111111110 111100 111111111110 1111011101110 1101011 0111111101010 01111101111 1011111101 111111100110 1010111101110 1101001 11111101101 1001001101 1111 11010101010 11111001110 011111110 111010111000 011011011110 010011011 111011111 010111110111 111110111 1101011110 11111011101 11111011 11110001101 1001111101 10110110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; toi, la, le, est are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word est is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Horror;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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