Analysis of Soir religieux (II)
Emile Verhaeren 1855 (Sint-Amands) – 1916 (Rouen)
Vers une lune toute grande,
Qui reluit dans un ciel d'hiver
Comme une patène d'or vert,
Les nuages vont à l'offrande.
Ils traversent le firmament,
Qui semble un choeur plein de lumières
Où s'étageraient des verrières
Lumineuses obscurément,
Si bien que ces nuits remuées
Mirent au fond de marais noirs,
Comme en de colossaux miroirs,
La messe blanche des nuées.
| Scheme | AXXA ABBA CXBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11111 111111 111111 1111 1101 11111111 1111101 111 1111111 111111 11111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 376 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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