This is an analysis of the poem Au Café that begins with:

Le rêve est de ne pas dîner,
Mais boire, causer, badiner...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aaXXXX bXXXXX XXXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101111 1110100 1111 101100 1111111 1011 11001010 01101110 111 111110 0111110 1110 110110 11011100 111 1101111 111111 1111 1101111 1111110 1110 110111100 110111 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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 Au Café;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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