This is an analysis of the poem Cri De Guerre Du Mufti that begins with:

En guerre les guerriers ! Mahomet ! Mahomet !
Les chiens mordent les pieds du lion qui dormait,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXXaaX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110100100 111011010110 110111 100100110 110010110001 1111101 11111111 10100101010 0101101 11011001011 1101101101 1100100 1001100111001 11110111110 10101000 11110011110 11001011010 11001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; les, vos are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Cri De Guerre Du Mufti;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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