This is an analysis of the poem Le Vol De La Joconde that begins with:

Dès qu’il sut que la Joconde,
La merveille sans seconde (?)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXaaa XbXXXX cXXXXd XaeXXe XXXcXX XXXXXb XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXadX XXdXXa aaXdXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 110110 01010100 110110 010011 1001100 1000110 110111 1010010 11110101 1100010 111101 11111 11111 1101110 1100101 110010 1011010 11111010 111000 1010010 11101 111111 1100111 1101110 101010 0101001 11010 11001 11010110 101111 1110110 111011 10110010 1111111 1000110 11100100 11110100 110010 1101100 1000110 11110001 110111 110110 010010 10010100 1111101 11001 110011 11100 1100111 1111011 101100 1101101 111110 0101101 1010101 1011 01101 101111 101110 1101110 10101010 11011110 10110010 101111 01011 1101011 111011 010011 111011 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines te, res, e, combles are repeated).

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  • summary of Le Vol De La Joconde;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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