This is an analysis of the poem Pétition D'Un Voleur À Un Roi Voisin that begins with:

Sire, de grâce, écoutez-moi :
Sire, je reviens des galères... ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaXa bcXXXcXc XbbXbXXX XXXXXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101 101110110 11110111 100010111 11011110 1011111 111110110 11011001 11111110 110111111 1011110 101011100 111101110 1111110 11111010 1011001 11111111 11001101 1110111 11011111 11110110 111100110 1110011101 11010110 101110 11111111 111111 1110011 111101110 11011010 11111110 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; je is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sire, je are repeated.

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  • summary of Pétition D'Un Voleur À Un Roi Voisin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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