This is an analysis of the poem La Maison Du Berger (I) that begins with:

Si ton coeur, gémissant du poids de notre vie,
Se traîne et se débat comme un aigle blessé, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXXX acXdXXe XXXXXXX XXXXXbf XXXXXXX gXXXXXf XXXXXhc XXXXXXX XXXXXiX XbXbXXj hXXXjXh XdXXXXX XXabXXXjjXjXbj aXXXXdd XeXXXcd hXXXjXX bXXXXXX XXgXXiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,14,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110010101 11111111111 1010111110 111101011 11111010111100 1111110111 100110110010 11110101111 10101101110 1111111011 111111111 1101111110 1111001111 111011001 1111011010 10101101100 11110100100 11110101100 1111111101100 1111100101110 110100111110 110000110110 1110111110010 010110111100 11110010010 1111111010100 10111101101 110111111 1101011101 11111111 10101000111 1011111100 11011100100 1011101111110 010100110100 0101010111 1110111010 11100101110 11011110100 11101101110100 111011011100 11101110110 1011101111 111010111110 11111111110 1111101110 11101011011 110110111101 110011110010 1110010111 111111111111 11001011011 10011011110 010110101111 111011110011 11101011100 111011111011 11110011100 111011111110 1101101110110 11001011100 1100111001 11101011111101 11111110100 101110110011 10111011110 11111111011 101101101100 10111011100 11101110011 0111111111111 10111111111 1111101011 1101111110 111111111111 1101111010 110010010111 101001110111 101111111011 110011011110 10110010111 111111111110 10101010010 111011110101 11110011010 100110110110 1111100110111 010101110011 111111101110101 0101001001011 1110111111 111110111101 1110110110 101001011010 11001010110 1101011010 110110111 11011111010 11101010111 111110001010 11001101111 11010110010 0110101111 111111011101 11101110111101 1001101100111 10001101111001 1111101100 110111110101 101111010 1110111111110 10011011011 11001010111 01101011111 011001110101 01010101010 111011010 1101011010 10100111101 110101110110 110011110111 0101111010 11011101011 101010100111 01011110110 1111010011 1011100110 11011011101 1111111110100 1011011111 10100110100 111010111011 111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 133
  • 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; et, les, la, ceux, que, s'il, t, nous, ces are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words s'il, si, la, le, ceux are repeated.

    The author used the same words si, mais at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines res, tre, e, es, tude are repeated).

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  • summary of La Maison Du Berger (I);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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