This is an analysis of the poem Schinderhannes that begins with:

Dans la forêt avec sa bande
Schinderhannes s'est désarmé...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa bXXX cXcX XXXa XdbX bXXX XdXd XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 100011 01010110 10101101 101001110 11111010 11101 1010110 0011011 11010010 11111 11110110 11110110 1010110 101011100 11010101 1010110 110111110 10101001 10101100 1100111 1111111 11010011 11111010 11111100 1111101 1111001 11011010 1110111 1111001 1100100 01101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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