This is an analysis of the poem Chez Le Mastroquet that begins with:

Si tu n’es pas un vil esclave,
Un triple cocu de marchand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX Xaab XXXX XccX XXXX XbXX XXXX dXcd XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 11010001 11100101 01111111 1111100 11011 1110111 11001111 111000110 11111111 11111110 11111001 11100100 1101101 1110111 1111110 111111110 11011010 1111101 111010 1111110 10010011 1010110 11100111 111101110 101110111 11011011 10111010 11010111 11001110 110110110 111111011 110110 01111011 1101111 100011 1110011 11110101 11111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; tu, des, nous, boire are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word nous at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e, rose, boire are repeated).

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  • summary of Chez Le Mastroquet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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