This is an analysis of the poem Chant Éthiopien that begins with:

à Emile Wroblewski
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 1001111000 1110100100 1110111 101110 0101110110 1110101100 100011001 1111110101 1111101110 101110110 110110110 10101110 0110111010 11110110 11101011 11111111 110111111 111010111 1001111110 1011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, mes are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words pour, mon, mes are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines de, lui are repeated).

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