This is an analysis of the poem L'Indifférence that begins with:

Que n'ai-je à te soumettre ou bien à t'obéir ?
Je te vouerais ma force ou te la ferais craindre ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111101110 1111011111101 1011111111010 0110111111 10111010010 10011111111 01101100110 1111111111 101111100111 111101110 1111011111010 1111111101110 11111010111010 110010011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; te, ou, je are repeated.

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  • summary of L'Indifférence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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