This is an analysis of the poem Le Guignon (Ill-Starred) that begins with:

Pour soulever un poids si lourd,
Sisyphe, il faudrait ton courage!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXX aaX a bXca Xbdd efd bXe X c acca ghgh iid aad i E jccj khhk lle aae f E fjfjXeee eda aaa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,8,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111 10110110 11010110 1011101011 111001 1110010 1111101 11011010 11011000 111110 111101110 11101 11011110 111000100 101 0101110 11110100 11110001 1011101 1010100 010101010 111101 11010010 10010110 01010100 11010111 100100100 100011110 0001101 010110100 11 11010001 11010011 11110101 11011101 100101001 01010111 11001001 11010101 110011101 01111111 01010001 1100100101 11010101 01010101 0101110 11 01110111 11001101 00110111 11011101 00010101 11010101 111101001 11001111 100100011 110010101 010101001 100101111 010001001 01010001 0101110 11 010111001 1001011011 11111001 1011101 101010100 010101011 11101101 1010011011 1010110110 01011001 10101111 10010100001 00111010 00101010101 0101100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Le Guignon (Ill-Starred);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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