This is an analysis of the poem L'Absinthe Et Le Cobaye that begins with:

Dix centimètres ! quelle cuite !
Pourquoi pas trente, tout de suite ?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXb XXXXXX ccdXXX eeXXXa dXXXXX XdXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 1011101 110111 0101010 01010110 1011010 10111110 11111110 10000110 111111 11101111 11110 1111001 101111 111100110 111110111 11111110 1101110 111111 11101011 11111101 1010000 11100010 11111011 101101110 1111111110 1101010 1111100 1110010 11011010 0111110111 1111100110 101111110 11111110 111001 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; en is repeated.

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  • summary of L'Absinthe Et Le Cobaye;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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