This is an analysis of the poem Déjeuner Du Matin that begins with:

Il a mis le café
Dans la tasse ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbaXXaXBcXXcXXBXXDXDXXXXXXdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 111 10101 11101 101010 10111 1010110 101 1010111 1101111 1110 1010 1101 10111 1011 101110 1010 1110 11100 111 101 110111 101 11001 11010 110110 111 1101 11100 1111 11111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 582
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; il is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words il, sans are repeated.

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

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

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