This is an analysis of the poem Le Cancre that begins with:

Il dit non avec la tête
mais il dit oui avec le coeur ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXaXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 111011001 11011101 1111100 10110 1010 1111011 1001101 11011 110111 11111 1101110 11110001 111110100 1011010110 10011010 110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; il, dit, le, les, et are repeated.

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

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

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

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