This is an analysis of the poem Prisonnier D'Un Bureau, Je Connais Le Plaisir that begins with:

Prisonnier d'un bureau, je connais le plaisir
De goûter, tous les soirs, un moment de loisir....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101110010 010111110010 111100111111 11110110011 111011011110 110111110110 1101010110 101111101110 111010111010 111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; je, de are repeated.

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  • summary of Prisonnier D'Un Bureau, Je Connais Le Plaisir;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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