This is an analysis of the poem Propos Des Rues that begins with:
Quand sur le boulevard je vais flâner un brin,
Combien de fois j'entends, sans mourir de chagrin,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX Xb XX Xc Xb Xa XX XdX XX XXX Xc XXX XX Xe XX XX Xfa XX XcXa Xa XgfX Xc XfXh XhXiX XXXX Xe XX XX Xa XXaXX Xj XXi XX XgeXj Xgj Xf XXXXdXXXXXXXgXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,2,2,2,3,2,4,2,4,2,4,5,4,2,2,2,2,5,2,3,2,5,3,2,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101111111 100110110001 10111101100 10111101100100 01011 1011 10011 1110 01011 111 10011 1111 01011 1011 10011 1110 01011 1110011011 100 10011 11 01011 011111 1110 10011 101011 01011 0111110111001 01010111111110 10011 10111101111 01011 0111 10011 10111 01011 1 10011 10 11 01011 111 10011 110111 10101101011101 010 01011 1111011 10011 111 111101110011 1110101110 01011 11 10011 10101111110 11101001110 111111111 01011 111101011011 11110010100 11111111111110 101110101010 10011 010101 111101 1101111111 10011 1110 01011 101111111 10011 111100100100 01011 101111111010 10011 1100111110 10111110010 11010011001 10011 01011 111111 10011 111011110011 010101110 01011 11 10011 1110111111011 1101110111011101 1110111110 1101 01011 1100111 111 10011 0110010 01011 1111001101111 01100 110110 111101010111 111011111110 101111110011 1101111110111 1111001101000 11110111110 11101010010 10110111110 1101010110101 1111110110101 111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 37
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 112
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, et, qu'on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ce, et are repeated.
The author used the same word deuxi 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 te is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ches at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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