This is an analysis of the poem Dans L'Enfer De Son Corps Mon Esprit Attaché that begins with:

Dans l'enfer de son corps mon esprit attaché
(Et cet enfer, Madame, a été mon absence) ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXaX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11001110101 11101001110 11110001110 01111011110 1111101011 011101111 11011010110 011101001 1111001110 11011111100 11110110101 1001101110010 011011011110 010011110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word de is repeated.

    The author used the same word ores at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines es is repeated).

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  • summary of Dans L'Enfer De Son Corps Mon Esprit Attaché;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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