This is an analysis of the poem Éléphant De Paris that begins with:

Ah, Curnonsky, non plus que l'aube,
N'était bien rigolo...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111 11100 11000101 10111 11100010 101101 1101001 111 1010111 101101 11011011 11111 1101000 11111 101101111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Éléphant De Paris;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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