This is an analysis of the poem L'Échelle De Soie that begins with:
On entend au loin la chanson des merles ;
Ô ménétrier ! prends ton violon. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XbXb XXcX XXXX dXdX XcXc XXXX XeXe XXXX XXXX dXXX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011110110 11110 111001110 1111010100 111111110 111111010 1011011100 111001111 1101011 1011010110 110101110 111111110 11011110110 11110 111001110 1111010100 110111100 1001110 1110111110 1101001010 1011010110 110111000 1101111 0111001110 11011110110 11110 111001110 1111010100 1101011101 1110111111 1011101011 1011011101 11011011 1111011010 1101101 101011011 11011110110 11110 111001110 1111010100 10111011 111011110101 1011111111 1111011111 10101111 1111110 1101011110 11111111111 11011110110 11110 111001110 1111010100 011101111 11111101 1001001101 111100 10111111 111111010 1111011 101101110 11011110110 11110 111001110 1111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; la, le are repeated.
The author used the same word madame at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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