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

I am the criminal whose chest is tattooed with a poinard above which are graven the words 'mort aux bourgeois'. Let us each tattoo this on our... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100110010010011110011110111010111 1101000111110010010010101011111101111111 1101000100111001000100101111010101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 3
  • Average number of symbols per line: 149 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 31
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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