This is an analysis of the poem Nicolas that begins with:
Chez Nicolas, moi, je me plais,
Malgré son air sévère....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXABcA aXXXXABcA XbXb ABcA XXcXXABcA cdbdXABcA XXcXXaXca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,4,4,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011111 1111 1111110 11111 11101011 111111 1111001 100 100111 11101110 10111 11111010 11011 10111010 111111 1111001 100 100111 1011110 11101 1101110 101011 111111 1111001 100 100111 111110 10110 1101011 111 10111111 111111 1111001 100 100111 010010110 111011 10111110 101111 101111 111111 1111001 100 100111 1001101 0101 111001111 11011 110111111 1111111 111111 100 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word si is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word carte at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Nicolas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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