This is an analysis of the poem J'Ai Peur De La Femme Qui Dort that begins with:

J’ai peur de la femme qui dort
Sur le canapé, sous la lampe....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX aXaX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101111 1010111 11011011 11011011 111111111 111011110 10111011 11010011 101110 110110 1010011 10100 10010010 011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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