This is an analysis of the poem Chef De Section that begins with:

Ma bouche aura des ardeurs de géhenne
Ma bouche te sera un enfer de douceur et de séduction...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011001 111101100101010 11001110111 11001111010 11011100011 11100011110110001 11101010110110111010100101010 1110111111101000 111100111011000 10111011110110 1101001 1011111111010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 713
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, ma, bouche, une are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Chef De Section;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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