This is an analysis of the poem Charles Vacquerie that begins with:
Il ne sera pas dit que ce jeune homme, ô deuil !
Se sera de ses mains ouvert l'affreux cercueil ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXb ccXaXX XXXXXX XdXXXX XXbeXX XXXeXX XaXXaf XXXXXX XXXXXX gXXXXX aaXhhX XXXXbX hXXXcX XXgaXX dXXXX eXXXXh XXXXaX XXfXXf XfXXXX XXXXXX XXhdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,5,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101111111 1110011101010 11110 11101010111111 01111111001 10111 11111110110 1011100110110 1111110 111011101111 100111111110 001111 11110111010110 1010110111010 1111010 11010111111 1111011011 011111 1101101010 11110111111101 110001111 1111011111110 1111101101110 110111 101110101010 1111111110 101011 10101010110 101011100111 1010010 011110110110 1100101101 1111011 010011111 0111011111 10110 11111110 0111101110 111101 111010110110 010110110010 11110101 111110111010 1111011101011 111101111 11110110100 111111111100 1100111 1111111111 10101011101 11011111 110111011 1111011111 1111011 11111111011 101001111 11011101 1111110111 1011001111110 111001 11001010111 111010110011 1011111 10111111010 1111011010 1011011 11101110111 1110010110 10111111 011111110 10111011111001 111111 11110011011 1001100110 10110111 10111110110 1111010010 1110101 11111111110 1001111110 11101001 10111110101 1111110111110 111001 10111010111 1010111101101001111 10101111011 11101110 111001100 111101111101 101110110100 101101010 101110111110 11011011001 110110110 1111101111010 1011111011 01001110 101010101010 110110110111 11000111 100100111110 111100111010 01011110011 1111011110 1101011101110 111110111 111111110 110101110 101111100 111011111110 1110111101 11111010 10110110110 01110111011 1110001 10111001010 1101001110 11001 101010110100 1110101011 1011111 1101010111011 1101001111 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 125
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; qu'il, et, aux, tu, dormez, o, loin, des, vous, plus are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, que, dormez, o, vous, les are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dormez connects the lines.
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- summary of Charles Vacquerie;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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