This is an analysis of the poem Le Faux Nez that begins with:

Un jour de la Mi-Carême
À me rigoler moi-même...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa XXXXXX XXXXXX XXbXXb XXXcXX XXXaaX XXXXXX XXcXXc XXXXXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 11001111 1110 111110 11110 0110111 11100 11011 1100110 111110 111011 111110 111111 10111 101110 111010 100101 11111 1101101 1111111 11111 10111 1010011 011011 111001 11011 111101 10111 110110 1110 111100 1111110 101100 1111101 1110011 1111100 11111 11111111 111011 111011 101100 111111 1101100 1011100 111010 11011 110111111 10010 11101100 1110011 1111 110111 1111010 111010 111110 010111 1110010 111111 10111111 111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • 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; me, l, de are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word un 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 me, que, , rence are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases me, connect the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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