This is an analysis of the poem Je Ne Veux Point Fouiller Au Sein De La Nature that begins with:

Je ne veux point fouiller au sein de la nature,
Je ne veux point chercher l'esprit de l'univers,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa XXXX bbX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111110110110 11111110100100 1111111011010 110001111010 1111110101110 111100111011 110011110010 1011011100 11111111101 11111011111110 11011111100 10111111110110 10111111110 1010101101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; je, veux, point, ne, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word je is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Je Ne Veux Point Fouiller Au Sein De La Nature;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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