This is an analysis of the poem Abîme - L'Homme that begins with:

Je suis l'esprit, vivant au sein des choses mortes.
Je sais forger les clefs quand on ferme les portes ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXbXXXcXXXXXXcXXXXddeeXeXXXXXeXaXXXXXXbXXXeeaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101111010 1111011111110 111101100010 1110101100 111010100110 1110100111110 11100111110 110110111011 1111011111110111 010111111011 1111111001 11111111110 1111111111110 1111111110111 11110101111111 11101101110 101101110011 111101011 1011010011 111111001010101 11111111010110 11011111111 1110111101 11101110110 11111111010 111110110 0111011101 111110101 1111011100100 111111110100 1011101110101 11111011101 1111101011111 1011101111 11110101101 1111010010101 1111111111 111110101101 111100101110 111001011110 1101101110 1111111110110 1110101111 111010111 1101101011 1010100111011 101011011 10011111110 10111101010 101001111011 11100101110 1110011110 11111011110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2623
  • Average number of words per stanza: 499
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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, et, pour, le, tout, de, la are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words je, et are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines te, le are repeated).

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  • summary of Abîme - L'Homme;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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