This is an analysis of the poem Chanson De Gavroche that begins with:

Monsieur Prudhomme est un veau
Qui s'enrhume du cerveau ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaX XXBX XXXXcX XXBX XXcXXa XXBX cXXXbX XXBX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,6,4,6,4,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100111 110010 1111101 101110 10111110 110100 1111100 100100 1001001 100100 11001110 1111011 111010 110011 1111 11011 1111100 100100 1001001 100100 110110 1011011 11001111 11010 1111110 11011 1111100 100100 1001001 100100 0100101 11101 11101010 111101 1111111 0111101 1111100 100100 1001001 100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; sur is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Chanson De Gavroche;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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