This is an analysis of the poem Du Besoin De S'Unir Après Le Départ Des Étrangers that begins with:

Ô toi que l’univers adore,
Ô toi que maudit l’univers,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXaXXbXXbXbXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXcXXbXXXXXXXXXXXdXXXXXXXXXXeXXXeXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXbXXXXXXfXXfXcXXXXbXXXXXXbXXbXXcXXXXXXXXeXdXXXbXXXXXbXXXXbXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 136,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110001 1110100 1011101010 01110110111 11010111111 1101110 110110100110 11101011011 01110111011 11101101100 10110101110 1110101 1101111111 111110110100 1100110 1100111 110011110101 111100110 1011001111 1101010 111110111101 11010101011 111101101 111101110011 11111110101 11111110 11110111100 0111111110 11110010101 11101100 10010011110 0110011101 10101011110 110110 111011110 110101110100 1101011101100 11100110 1111011101100 10011110100 1110101111 11001110011 1011010111 1101111110111 10011011110 1110110011 1100110110 1001111001 0111110 11111 11011010100 111111 111100100110 11101100 10010011110 1011101111011 1100110100 10101010011 1110111 1110010110 110110110110 111100101100 1101110 111111111110 1111011001 1001111110 10111011011 11111001110 111110111010 1011110010 1111111100011 1011011101010 1011111110 111111 1110110 11011010 01101111111 1111011110 1101011011100 10110011100 01101011111 10111100 10110 110100 11011 101 10100 10010 11010010110 10110101110 11011101100 11101110 1011001101000 1010101111101 1101011100 100111110100 1111101011010 1001111101 110110 10011110110 1111101110011 1111101110 1010101100 0111001110011 111111111100 111110011110 11110110111 10111000 11011111100 11010001010 110101110110 10010111011 11110000 0101110 11111000 111011111111 110100110110 110110110011 11011011101 11011110 11010110100 1011011011 101111001110 1111111110 1111011111100 11110111110 0111100100111 110011101111 10111010100 11001001010 0100110 11111111000 1111101101 111001100 11010100110 1110011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5794
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1099
  • Amount of lines: 136
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; l, les, o, un, de, votre, s, si, la, est, plus, d, nous, ne, des, tes are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words toi, o, si, libert, que are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, s are repeated).

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  • summary of Du Besoin De S'Unir Après Le Départ Des Étrangers;
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