This is an analysis of the poem La Cigale Et Le Poète that begins with:

Le poète ayant chanté,
Déchanté,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaaXXXXbbXXXbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 1 11111 1011011 0101110 0101100 1101011 1100101 1101101 101111 110101 111111 1010111 101001 11011010 1111111 1101100 1111001 111111 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 563
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; de is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word de is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines chant is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ivre connects the lines.

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  • summary of La Cigale Et Le Poète;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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