This is an analysis of the poem Insoumission that begins with:

Vivre tranquille en sa maison,
Vertueux ayant bien raison,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa XXX bXb XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1101110 1010110 1101010 111111010 111110 10111 10010111 1010101 1011101011 11101011 011111010 1101110 11101110 11110110 11110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; j, entends, et, ches are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words j, on are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Insoumission;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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