This is an analysis of the poem Cantique that begins with:
La Vie atroce a pris mon cœur dans son étau,
La Vie aigre sonne un tocsin dans mon oreille,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX aXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100111111 11111101110 11101111110 11111101111 111111010 11111111110 101110110 110101001111 100010100 110011110 11001110001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, mon, vie, dans are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words la, comme, les are repeated.
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- summary of Cantique;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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