This is an analysis of the poem À Mon Chien Pope that begins with:
Toi : ne pas suivre en domestique,
Ni lécher en fille publique !...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaa XXXX XX XX XXX bXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,2,2,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111100 111110 110010 111111 11011111 110111110 11111 111010111 1111110 110110111 1111111 111111110 1001001 11111111 11101111 1111100 11111110 1010 11111100 01
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; te is repeated.
The author used the same word toi at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tre, te are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase chien connects the lines.
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