This is an analysis of the poem From 'The Cupboard' (Le Buffet) that begins with:

A large carved cupboard of white oak
emanates that relaxed gentle air...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bcdd eaeb Xedc X c XdXX XXXX XXe XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,1,4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110011 100101101 110110010 111110011 101010010 01111 100101101 10101101 010010101 110101011 10111110 111011010 001010111110 101101110100 1101011111 101011111 01001 001 111011011 110111111101 001011011111 111011101100 111110010100 010100110010 01011001001 01001111110 111010011011 010111110111 101011110101 1010111111100 111010110111 1101001101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, les, m are repeated.

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

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

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