This is an analysis of the poem A Qui La Faute? that begins with:

Tu viens d'incendier la Bibliothèque ?
- Oui....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aB XXAXXXXXXCXXXXXXXDXXEXFXXXEXXXXXXXXGXXXXXXXXXBXXXXXXXXX H X aB XXAXXXXXXCXXXXXXXDXXEXFXXXEXXXXXXXXGXXXXXXXXXBXXXXXXXXXXH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,55,1,1,2,57,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110 01 11011 111110 11011111111 11101010011 11110111010 111111111 1111111110 010111011100 01010111111 110011101 1101011 1101111010 11111011 1111101101 11101110010 11101101110 1011010100 1111001111010 11101111110 1010101100100 11011101100 11001111110 110101110 01101011011 1111011100 101010111110 1111011101100 111011110 1111011010 1111010100 111010111110 10110111111 111101111101 11011011011 11110111111 11001011111 10101111101 111010111110 1110001111 111001110111 11111110110 0111111100 11101101110 111101110 1110111111 11111110110 01111101111 11110111 1110011110 10111011110 11111011111 1111111111 010111011010 0111110010 0111010011 111101 11111110 11100110 01 11011 111110 11011111111 11101010011 11110111010 111111111 1111111110 010111011100 01010111111 110011101 1101011 1101111010 11111011 1111101101 11101110010 11101101110 1011010100 1111001111010 11101111110 1010101100100 11011101100 11001111110 110101110 01101011011 1111011100 101010111110 1111011101100 111011110 1111011010 1111010100 111010111110 10110111111 111101111101 11011011011 11110111111 11001011111 10101111101 111010111110 1110001111 111001110111 11111110110 0111111100 11101101110 111101110 1110111111 11111110110 01111101111 11110111 1110011110 10111011110 11111011111 1111111111 010111011010 0111110010 0111010011 111101 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 659
  • Average number of words per stanza: 130
  • Amount of lines: 119
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, me, ton, n, dans, des, tu, il, en, les, la, toi, ta, le are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words le, dans, il, tu are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, s, e, tre, re are repeated).

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