This is an analysis of the poem Les Voleurs that begins with:

Dame Justice a fait merveille !
Disais-je, croyant voir un jour...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXX XXXXcXcX XXXXXbXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXabXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110 101110111 1101011 10101011 0111010 110011 10011110 101111 1111111 011100110 01011110 10101101 11101101 11011 111111 10111 1101110 11000110 0111101 11001010 1100111 11111101 1101111 10111 111001 10111010 111010 1011101 1100011 1001010 10011110 11111 10110010 1001010 1010110 1011100 111110 11110 1111100 10111 11111011 1011010 111101110 1001111 1111011 1111110 11011110 1011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vol, il are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word vol at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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