This is an analysis of the poem Autour De Ma Maison that begins with:

Pour vivre clair, ferme et juste,
Avec mon coeur, j'admire tout ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaa bXXXXbXXXXXXbXXcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XbXXXXXXcXX XXXXXXbXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,32,13,10,11,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1011101 1111011 111010111110 101111011110 1101110110 11101111110 1011101010 11100 1011001001 1110011110 11111110 111011100 1110100 11111010 11111100 1100110 01110111001 1111110 111111111 11 1110111 1110111 111010110100 11111110111 10101001 100111001 111100 11111110110 101110111110 1110110100 1110111110011 1110111110110 110111010111 11111011110 11110110111110 110110011010 111010111110 10111111010 10110101010 10111111111 111011110010 110111101 111111110 1111101110110 111011111110 101 111101110 101110011 111011111 1100 10001110111 1100 110111000110 1111101001110 11101111011 1010110101 1010101110 111011 110011110110 101110001101 111010111110 10110011111 1011001010 0111110101 11001101011 101011110010 101111111 1111111011 11100110 101101111001 1000111010 100101101 11011110010 11111111110 101001101 10101100101 11110110110 01110011011110 11111010101111 111110111010 1110111111101 11111101110 111010101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; et, les, leurs, de, la, leur, si, un, je are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, leur, les, je are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Autour De Ma Maison;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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