This is an analysis of the poem Hymne Des Transportés (Hymn Of The Transported) that begins with:

Prions ! voici l'ombre sereine.
Vers toi, grand Dieu, nos yeux et nos bras sont levés. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXa BXXBXX cXXXc D Xcefe D XXXXX D XcgcX D XXXXX BXXBXX X ahaha IHHIHI fifig IHHIHIjXjbj IHHIHIhXhih IHHIHIdidid IHHIHIiaiai XIHHIHI
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,6,1,5,6,5,11,11,11,11,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 11111111111 111010110111 1111001011 110110100101 10011011 101101100 11101111 11110111 10101110 11011010 1100101 11110010110 101111110 1111011110 110111111 1001 1110111 1000111011 101100100100 1110111111 111110110100 1001 1011111 101011100100 0110111110 111011101110 11111111110 1001 110011111 11010111010 110011110110 011010110111 111111110111 1001 11110 11000110 1111001111 1111011111 11011110010 10011011 101101100 11101111 11110111 10101110 11011010 100010 111101101 1011111100111 11101111111 1011001101 110111001011 111001011 1101100 1101101 101011111 1101100 11111011 11010001 1001101101 111011001111 11011111001 11110011100 111001011 1101100 1101101 101011111 1101100 11111011 10101001 01110101010 101011111011 01111001010 10110011111 111001011 1101100 1101101 101011111 1101100 11111011 10011011 11001111110 11100111001 1101001111 10111101011 111001011 1101100 1101101 101011111 1101100 11111011 11001011 1111011110 1111101111 1110110110001 111101110011 111001011 1101100 1101101 101011111 1101100 11111011 1001011 1001010010 100111011 01101110110 10010100101 111001011 1101100 1101101 101011111 1101100 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 118
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; nos, le, nous, la, paix, most, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, nous, paix, peace are repeated.

    The author used the same word let at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines res is repeated).

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  • summary of Hymne Des Transportés (Hymn Of The Transported);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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