This is an analysis of the poem Au Cabaret that begins with:

En lisant les ci-dessus lignes,
Je pensai : voilà du « chiqué » ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXaX XXXb XXXX XXXb XXXX XbXX XaXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 11101010 1110011 111111110 1111011100 11011010 11010100 11111001 11110 111111101 11110110 10001110 111101011 11111011 11010110 100111 110011 10100110 1110101 11011000 11011101 111110 11000110 111110010 1110111 1111110 1111111 1110110 111111 11110110 110111 1101001 1011110 1101111 1111111 1010110 111011110 111011 111001110 111111010 1010010 11100100 11010 11100010 1111111 101001110 1011010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; un is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Au Cabaret;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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