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

Dans la course effarée et sans but de ma vie
Dédaigneux des chemins déjà frayés, trop longs,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XaXX aXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110111011 101101111 1101110010 11011011011 10111011101 111011110111 1101111110 1110110011 10100110111 11010101001 111111010 01011111001 11111111100 111110110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, les are repeated.

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

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

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