This is an analysis of the poem À Mon Côtre Le Négrier that begins with:

Allons file, mon cotre !
Adieu mon Négrier....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX XXXb cXcb XXXX XXXa cXXX XdXX XXXX dXdX XXXX cXcb XXXX dXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 0111 111111 110110 110111110 11110 1110111 11011 011001 111 111101 111010 1110110101 110010 1101100101 111011 111001 111 1111111 110100 11111111000 11010 11001110100 11111 1100010 101 10011 110110 110110011 101111 10110111 1101110 111011 101 1111 110100 1101111011 110110 1111111111 111111 111011 111011 1111 10110 11110111101 011111 11101101 110010 111111 11010 1111011 110001 111111110 11011 111011010 1011 111011 11101 11101 111101 1110111101 11011 111110101 11110 11101 11100 111101 100001 1111111 11010 11111011 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • 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; nous, le, de, s, la are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word et at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of À Mon Côtre Le Négrier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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