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

Ayant tout essayé, blême, je ne crois plus
Aux amoureux musclés, soupeurs et chevelus;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011111111 11001101100 11111010110 11110101110 1001111010 11100111011 11110111 100101111 111100110100 110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 443
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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