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

Gastibelza, l'homme à la carabine,
Chantait ainsi:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbXCX aXXXXXCXX XXXXXCX XdXdaeCX XXXXXCX XaXaXXCX XXXXXXCX XaXaXXCX XdbXXXCX XXXXXeCX XXXXXXCX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,7,8,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100011100 1010 1100011101001 10010 10101001110 011 011110101 1101 100010111001 1110 11111100 1000 11111111 1110 011110101 1101 101011111 1110 111111101 1010 1101011100 1011 011110101 1101 101111111 1101 11010101 1101 1100010101 1011 011110101 1101 0110111011 0101111011101 1110 10111110010 101 011110101 1101 11111111011 11111 1110101011 111 101011111 1010 011110101 1101 11111110 1110 11111110 1011 1110101110 1110 011110101 1101 11110111101 0110 11101111 1111 101100100 1010 011110101 1101 1010100111 0111 0110110010 1110 110101010 1110 011110101 1101 1111101111 1111111 10111111 11 1010111110 111111 011110101 1101 11110100110 111 1111111 101 11011110 1111 011110101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; pour, un are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word fou at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase enfuie connects the lines.

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  • summary of Guitare;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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