This is an analysis of the poem Propos De Carême that begins with:

Ce n’est pas un travail de nègre,
Pour l’estomac, de faire maigre,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaaX XXXXXX XXbcXb XXXXXX XXXXXd XXXXcd eXXXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1100011 01110110 101011111 1010111 110110 101110110 11111 111010 10111100 10111 11111100 1101011000 11101100 111001010 110111 1101110 111110 11110011 110001 1111011 11111 1111101101 11111111101 101100 111010110 10001111 100111 1110101 110111 1111110100 1000100 110110 1100110 1100111 01101001 11001111 111111 10111110 1110111 01001110 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, re, es are repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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