This is an analysis of the poem Le Korandon that begins with:

Le jour de Notre Dame,
Au retour du Pardon,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXa cddX XXXX XXXe fXXX efXX XgXc XfXX XXXX XXXX XXXX gXXX XXXX gXXX chXX XdXX XiiX XXXX XXXd XXXX XgXX bXXb XXhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 110010 1110100 11011 1111011 110111 10111 110011 1111110 110111 010010 101100 11110 11111 10110 100101 1110010 111110 10110 01110 111101 11011110 010110 100101 1101110 110101 111 1011010 11100 1001010 1111 111010 10101 1110110 111111 1011 100100 10111 11101111 1110010 111100 11100 111000 111100 10111 11111 101110 110100 1101110 111100 111011 1001110 111111 11111 1111110 1011 110101 110111 110101 1011110 1111111 1101 1111110 111011 10111 1011110 1001010 110111 11100 1111 1111010 01110 1111 101101 101110 1111111 1010010 11110 101011 111100 10111 1111 1100100 111111 11101 111110 11110 111011 11111 111010 1111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; le is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word et is repeated.

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

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