This is an analysis of the poem Croquis De Dos that begins with:

Il travaille, le jour, dans un bazar tout neuf,
Criant: « Tout est à treize, et là, tout à vingt-neuf! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001110111 1101111111 1100111101100 1111101101000 11011100111 11111110101 11100011010 10111101101111 011111101111 1111011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 494
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tout is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Croquis De Dos;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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