This is an analysis of the poem Triolets Fantaisistes that begins with:

Sidonie a plus d'un amant,
C'est une chose bien connue...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX AXXAXXXA BCXBXXCB AXXAXXXA XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 11111 1011100 1001110 111111 01111010 11111 1001110 1111101 11110 11101110 1111101 1110100 11010100 11110 1111101 11101011 1011011 111100 11101011 1111111 1111110 1011011 11101011 111101 1111010 11010010 111101 111111 11111 1111010 111101 1001110 1001010111 111100 1001110 101011011 11001000 1001010111 10101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; prend, les, le are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word elle is repeated.

    The author used the same word elle at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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