This is an analysis of the poem L'Esclave Et L'Oiseau that begins with:
Ouvre ton aile au vent, mon beau ramier sauvage,
Laisse à mes doigts brisés ton anneau d'esclavage !...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXaX XXaX bXaX XbaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111010 1111110100 111111110 11011011110 111011111101 101010110001 1010011110 1111011110 11001111001 1111001111 10000111110 11111111111110 1111101111011 11011111011010 1111100100110 1101111110 1100101110010 11011011011 11111110110 1111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ton, va, de, en, t, je, les are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word va is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word retour at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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