This is an analysis of the poem Est-Ce Que Les Oiseaux Se Cachent Pour Mourir? that begins with:

Est-ce que les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir?
Le soir, au coin du feu, j'ai pensé bien des fois...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101110110 01110111111 1111011111 101101010101 110111110100 1110011111101 11110101010 10110011100 1111001110100 101010111010 01111101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 530
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • 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; les is repeated.

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  • summary of Est-Ce Que Les Oiseaux Se Cachent Pour Mourir?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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