This is an analysis of the poem Enthousiasme that begins with:

Enthousiasme
En Grèce ! en Grèce ! adieu, vous tous ! il faut partir !...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXAXBBC DXEXXE XXEFFX XGXXDE DBXXXB XXXXXX HXXIXX XIXXXX XAXBBC DXEXXE XXEFFX XGXXDE DBXXXB XXXXXX HXXIXX XIXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 111101111110 10010101110 01111010 111101010 11011111011 101101001 110111011011 1111011010 1101111 1010101110 111010110100 11011001 10110111100 111111111110 111100 10111011101 10111011111 11111100 0111010111 10101110101 10101100 100110111000 1010111101 1100101 1111101101011 11011010110 110010 110110100110 11111010110 101111 110111111100 110110100101 11110110011 11111110 11111110111 11110111 111101111111 111111110110 1101010 11010111101 111110101110 11110011 111101111 110111111111 111111 11100111111 101001110101 11001111 111101111110 10010101110 01111010 111101010 11011111011 101101001 110111011011 1111011010 1101111 1010101110 111010110100 11011001 10110111100 111111111110 111100 10111011101 10111011111 11111100 0111010111 10101110101 10101100 100110111000 1010111101 1100101 1111101101011 11011010110 110010 110110100110 11111010110 101111 110111111100 110110100101 11110110011 11111110 11111110111 11110111 111101111111 111111110110 1101010 11010111101 111110101110 11110011 111101111 110111111111 111111 11100111111 101001110101 11001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 98
  • 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; ce, des, les, vous, te, en are repeated.

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  • summary of Enthousiasme;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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