This is an analysis of the poem Depuis Six Mille Ans La Guerre that begins with:

Depuis six mille ans la guerre
Plait aux peuples querelleurs, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXb XcXX XXdX XXdX bXbX XXXX XbXX XXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1110100 111111 110111 1100101 011011 1101 010110 11001100 110110 1110110 1110010 111110 111110 1101101 1111010 10100110 10101010 111011 110110 10111010 11110 1101100 1100110 11011100 11110 111011000 1011100 1110110 1101110 1010111 011111 101111 10111 110111 110100 1111010 11110 111011 1011101 10111010 1110110 10001001 01101 1010110 111101 1110100 10100111 11011100 101110 1010111 1110111 111111110 1111111 101110 0111110 11011111 11011 10110011 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; du, les, un, le, on, se are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words les, et, on at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Depuis Six Mille Ans La Guerre;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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