This is an analysis of the poem Le Robin Des Bois that begins with:

Pendant que nous lisions Werther au fond des bois,
Hier s'en vînt chanter un robin dans les branches;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXaXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101110101111 1011101101110 1110111101110 111111101100 1111010011 11110101010 1101011011100 11100110111 10101010010 10101011111 11101110010 111010100101 1011110101001 0101101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; vous is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Le Robin Des Bois;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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