This is an analysis of the poem Les Djinns that begins with:

Murs, ville
Et port, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabXXaXXXXXcXa aXcXXdXX XXXXXXXX XaXXXXXX cXXXXXXX XXXbXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXbb XXaXXXXX XXbXXXXX XeXeXXXe XXXbXXXb fXfXXXXa XXXXcXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11 10 01 11 11 11 11 111 111 110 011 11 111 101 101 1111 1110 11101 1010 111 1110 1111 1111 11010 1110 1111 11010 11101 11111 111 1110 11110 111111 101110 010010 1111 11011 101011 1010010 11011111 1100110 1111110 101111 1101110 101101 11110 111111 1111101 1111110 1110101 0101010 1100110 1101011 11111 1010011 1010111111 101011100 1111101110 011101100 11011101 111010110 10101111 0111101100 111111 0110111 10100111 1011100 11111010 1101100 11011011 1111101 111110 1011111 100111 011100 101111010 1111100 1001111 111011 011100 01001 110111 11111 11100 10111 11011 101111 10100 11011 101100 1101 11111 1101 11111 1111 1110 101 111 1011 1101 1010 1011 101111 111 110 111 101 111 11 11 111 11 11 1 11 111 10 01 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; la, et, e, le, ve are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words et, si, tout are repeated.

    The author used the same word la 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 brise, rampe, e, le, ve are repeated).

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  • summary of Les Djinns;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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