This is an analysis of the poem Chanson Du Bol De Punch that begins with:

Je suis la flamme bleue.
J'habite la banlieue, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXaXX XXXXXX XXXXbX XbaccX XdeXXe XXXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1011 010010 11101 11110 111010 11110 010111 11101 11111 111111 111111 11111 0100111 010000 111011 101100 1010 010110 1110110 101110 0111100 11110110 1110 1011100 10111 10111 11001 110111 1110110 101110 110111 10101 10111 11111 10111 101011 111111 1111 1111111 11111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; le, au are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words j'erre, d'autres are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re is repeated).

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  • summary of Chanson Du Bol De Punch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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