This is an analysis of the poem Julot The Apache that begins with:

You've heard of Julot the apache, and Gigolette, his mome. . . .
Montmartre was their hunting-ground, but Belville was their home....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdXeeffgghhbXdX XhiiffdXjjiibc Xdaafckk XXhhXdhXllfXkXffdXmmaaiibc ddhXaXffkkhXhh jjaXddaafX iibcllfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,14,8,26,14,10,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100010110001 1011101111111 01011101010111 111101000100010 01011111110101 010010111010010 11001111110101 01100101110101 11010110110101 01001101110101 11100111010101 111001111010101 111101111111101 11010101010111 110100111111001 10111110111001000 11111101010101 11110101110100 1001010111010 11101001110101 110101011101001 11011101110101 11111111100101 11101101011101 11011111011101 101111101110101010 11111101111111 011101111100001 0110101101101111 11110101011101 101111111110111 1101110101100010 11111101101100 11111101110101 11110101010001 11110101111101 11111101110001 1101100110100010 11010111110101 110101010100001 1110010101011 111100010110001 11111101110011 101110101000101 111101001101010 101011000101010001 11110111000101 010011110101010 11001111011101 10101010111010111 11110111110111 1001000101010000 10101110101110101 1111010101000100 11010101111101 01010111010111 1010100010011010101 1111010101010000 11011111011101 11110101010101 110011101010111 11011100110101 11111101010101 11110101111101 101010100110001 11011101001100010 11001101110111 11011111010111 111111111011101 110111010101110 11110101010101 11010001110001 110011101010101 11001111110100 11010100010101 11110101010001 11010101110101 1011101111101110 111101010011011 11010101111101 111101111011101 10010111010101 110010101010101 10110001110001 11111110111111 01111101110001 111101111011101 01010111011101 11110111010001 1101010011010000 11010111010111 01010111011101 11010101010111 111111011100010 10001010111010101 11110101110101 11111111111111 1001010011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 866
  • Average number of words per stanza: 162
  • Amount of lines: 98
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, and, i, my, would, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

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