This is an analysis of the poem En Mille Crespillons Les Cheveux Se Friser, that begins with:

En mille crespillons les cheveux se friser,
Se pincer les sourcils, et d'une odeur choisie...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX 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: 111001101110 111011011101 1001111101 1011101110 10011111100 1111101101 101111110 11110111000 10101010111 100110110111 110001110001 11100111111110 111110101111 11011110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; et is repeated.

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  • summary of En Mille Crespillons Les Cheveux Se Friser,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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