This is an analysis of the poem Chanson Du Geôlier that begins with:

Où vas-tu beau geôlier
Avec cette clé tachée de sang ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 1011101 11110111 1101111 11110 100100 1110011 11100110 111000100 1110110 111110 1111011 1111010 11110110 11110100 111010 111011 111101 111111 1111 11100100 1110010 111111 101111 11001110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 678
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; et, de, m, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words au, dans, je, et are repeated.

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  • summary of Chanson Du Geôlier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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