This is an analysis of the poem Attente (Expectation) that begins with:

Monte, écureuil, monte au grand chêne,
Sur la branche des cieux prochaine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XXXXXXa XXXXbbb c ddeaaaeffcgggchhdiiid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,1,21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010111 1111110 11110111 1011011 11110101 011100 01101110 1110011 0101100 1101010 11101110 1011111 1010110 1101011 11000101 1101101 0110110 01001011 1011011 11011011 1100111 1010 1011111 0011101 11101010 1111101 0111111 1011101 10101010 0110101 1111111 10011010 1111101 1111101 1111101 10111010 1110101 10011101 11011111 1111101 1010101 1011001 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; monte, de, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Attente (Expectation);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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