This is an analysis of the poem Il Y A that begins with:

Il y a un vaisseau qui a emporté ma bien-aimée
Il y a dans le ciel six saucisses et la nuit venant on dirait des asticots dont naîtraient les...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101010111 1101011100111101101100110110 11011101001110110 110110101111101001 110110011110111100 1101110111110010011001 1101111011111 1101111010110110 11011001101110 110110111010010110 11001001011110100110 110111101111001001100111100010110111110 1101111010110 110110010110101010100111100 11010110111101110 11011011000111101110101 1100111011111100 11011001011100 11011100101 110110010111011 1101101100110 11011011011110110011011110 110110111 110110111100111 110101101010 1110110011101100111 110111011110111 110110110010100110010000 11010101111110011100 11011110111010000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2097
  • Average number of words per stanza: 417
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; il, y, de, qui, des, un are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Il Y A;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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