| To highlight the continuous movement of his imaginative figures, Valery uses infinitives. |
| Amazing, but Valery can dance lambada right after a training session. |
| Valery adheres to a rhythm of alexandrines in stanza five, yet the lines do not progress in an even manner. |
| Valery is a cheerful person with roguish brown eyes and an engaging smile. |
| Valery subtly suggests the progression of evening in the language of the second quatrain's closing lines. |
| In line two Valery repeats sounds that echo those of previous stanzas and words that recall earlier images. |
