This is an analysis of the poem Dans L'Abri-Caverne that begins with:

Je me jette vers toi et il me semble aussi que tu te jettes vers moi
Une force part de nous qui est un feu solide qui nous soude...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaaXXXbXbXXXXcXXcXXaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111111101111011 111011011110111 1111010110101111111011000 11011100110 1101100 01010101010111011010110 110100110101011011 1111111111011 110101111111001 110101111100 1111111111111111111100111111 011111010011110110111001100110111110011011000 11110111110111111 11011111110 1000111111 1101111101 110111110011011010110 1100011 1101100100100 111111110011 11111101101 1111111 1110110111101 1001110 11110101111010 1101101 111011011011110111100 1110111011111111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1590
  • Average number of words per stanza: 328
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (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; nous, qui, de, des, et, y, ce, je, tu, que are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Dans L'Abri-Caverne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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