This is an analysis of the poem Mi-Carême that begins with:

Si tu veux, faisons ribote,
Menons un tapage fou ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa bcXX XcXX XaXX XdXa XXXe fXfX gXXX XXXe XXXX XbXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XgXX hXXX XXXh XXXd XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 1111010 101101 11101111 111111 1111 111101 1101010 1101101 111100 1111111 1101110 1111100 111100 1010111 1111111 01100110 1110110 011101 11111101 11111111 111100 11011 11010 101111 11111 1101110 1001111 011010 1100111 111110 11111111 1111101 1111111 1010110 101111 1011101 1011100 1001100 110111 11001111 1101011 1111011 11111110 110010 111110 1011100 11101100 111010 111111 110111 111111 111111 1011110 1010001 0111111 11100 11101110 0111111 11001100 1110011 11100111 111100 1011100 1101100 1111010 111101 1111010 101110 11101101 1101110 1111110 11111101 1100111 110110 11110001 1010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • 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:

    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; la, le are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Mi-Carême;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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