This is an analysis of the poem L'Assassin that begins with:

Chaque matin quand je me lève
Une femme se dresse devant moi...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXXXXXXa XXXXX XbXX XXXaaa XaXXX XXXXX bXXX XXX XXXXXXXXXaXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,5,4,6,5,5,4,3,12,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 11111101 1101110 1110100 011011 11100 110101 11011000 1100110 1111011 110100 11011010 1110101 11111110 100110000 1110011100 11010 0110 11001111110 111101010101 1110111011 1101111100 11111010111 111111110010 11111011110 11010111111 110010111111 101011111101 11110011010111 110110110010 1110111100 110101101000 110011111010 1001110111 111011010 101111111110 110111011 11001101 1001110101 1011011100110 0111110111 111111101011 110111110 111111101111 1101011010100 1111100110101110 1011101100 1001011010100 1101010111110 1011001 100110 1011011110001100 100111 111 1110 110111110 11011101001110 11011110000 111110011000 100 1011111 1101110 11111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; les, mon, s, chante, de, j'attends are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word je at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines s, te are repeated).

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  • summary of L'Assassin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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