This is an analysis of the poem L'Idole.. Sonnet Du Trou Du Cul that begins with:

Obscur et froncé comme un oeillet violet
Il respire, humblement tapi parmi la mousse....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXX XXbX XXX XXX X cc deeX ddXX Xbf afX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,2,4,4,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110100 110100101011 10111011111 1101010010110 11001011001 11101101110 1001010011 11011111100 1110010110 11011010 111101111010 110111110 1011011110 1010111010 101 010 100110 111010101 01101001011 1011100101 0011000101 1001101 110010111001 011010101 010110110 1111010100 1110010010 110011011010101 0001001010101 010101001101 100100101100 101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words des, mon, c'est, my are repeated.

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  • summary of L'Idole.. Sonnet Du Trou Du Cul;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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