This is an analysis of the poem J'Aime L'Araignée that begins with:

J'aime l'araignée et j'aime l'ortie,
Parce qu'on les hait ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX abXb XXXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 11011 111101111 1110 1100110010 1110 1100111010 01110 1100110111 1101 11101110 1011 110011110 11011 11001101100 0111 101011101 11100 101101011 11001 11111110 11110 1111011101 0110 11101111110 11101 110111101 10010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; et, parce, plaignez, la are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word parce is repeated.

    The author used the same word parce at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of J'Aime L'Araignée;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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