This is an analysis of the poem Les Cabaretiers De Firminy that begins with:

Les Firminiens, sur ma foi,
Seraient de vrais bélitres,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXaX bXbc XcXX dXaX XXXX XXeX XXXd XXXX XdXX XXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1100111 100110 111101011 1100110 0111000 0111001 11010100 0111111 10111011 0100110 101001011 11111 01010101 1110010 10111101 100111 11111111 1101110 101011 10110 11111011 1110 1101110 011001 1011100 11110110 011100 1111110 11011 111101 1111111 11011 111111111 11100 1111101 101100 110110 1111010 111011 111010 1011110 111110 111110 111101 111111010 011111 1111110110 1111011 1111110 111001 11011110 11100 111111 110110 110111101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

  • summary of Les Cabaretiers De Firminy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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