Analysis of De Nuit, La Nymphe Errante
Andre Marie de Chenier 1762 (Constantinople) – 1794 (Paris)
De nuit, la nymphe errante à travers le bois sombre
Aperçoit le satyre; et, le fuyant dans l'ombre,
De loin, d'un cri perfide, elle va l'appelant.
Le pied-de-chèvre accourt, sur sa trace volant,
Et dans une eau stagnante, à ses pas opposée,
Tombe, et sa plainte amère excite leur risée.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 1111110011 110110111 111111111 0111111111 111111111 11111101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 297 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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