This is an analysis of the poem Jane Avril that begins with:

Or, moi qui jamais ne bouge
Que pour aller chez Pousset,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXbX XcXc cXXd XcXc XXXX eXXX XXXX XXXX XbXX XXeX XXXX XXXX XcXX XXXX XeXe XfXX XgXg eeXX XdXX XXfa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 1110110 111101011 111111110 1111100 1101111 111110 1111110 11111111 11101011 110101111 1111111111 111010 1001101 1101000 1011011 10111 101101 11100111 1001001 11100010 110011 11000110 11001 11011100 11110 1001100 111101 1010001 111010 1010010 111100 101111 1101 1110011 1111100 111011 10110 111110 1110110 11011 1101100 11111 1110100 11011 11010110 10111 1010110 1111010 110111 110110 11101010 1000111 111111 110110 1111111 011110 110111 1010 1111011 11111 101111 11011 1011011 10111100 111110 10001 11011111 1011110 110010 110111 110111 10100100 110111 11011100 1111001 1100111 101111 1101110 1000100 11111110 110111 100110 11111 1110100 11110 111011 01100010 111110 1111100 10101 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; je, elle are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Jane Avril;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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