This is an analysis of the poem Les Deux Bacheliers that begins with:

Deux jeunes bacheliers logés chez un docteur
Y travaillaient avec ardeur...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaXXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011110 11001010 011111011100 101011110100 10100100 111011100 1000101110 1101101110 11111111110 11111101110100 1110111110 1111001101010 11100 11100111110100 1110101010001 11101011101 1111101 011100111 11111111011 110110101001 0111111000 110110110100 100101100110 0101110 101 1110011111 111001110 10111011101 1110101110110 1101011100 01000111011 01100100 0101110111101 101111111010 1110101111 1111101101101 11110011 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1566
  • Average number of words per stanza: 283
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, de, le, vous are repeated.

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

  • summary of Les Deux Bacheliers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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