Point N'Ai Fait Un Tas D'Océans… by Tristan Corbiere: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Point N'Ai Fait Un Tas D'Océans… that begins with:

Point n’ai fait un tas d’océans
Comme les Messieurs d’Orléans,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXXXX X XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,1,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 110110 0101011 11001100 10100010 11010 11110110 11010101 1111111 11011110 111111 1111011 101111100 101010 1011010 1100111 1111010 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; un, bonhomme are repeated.

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

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

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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