This is an analysis of the poem Je Ne Me Mets Pas En Peine that begins with:

Je ne me mets pas en peine
Du clocher ni du beffroi ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XXXa XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111111 0101010 111111011 111111101 1011010 10100110 101111 1111110 111011101 1111010 11111111 11111100 1111111 1110010 01111111 1110010 1111111 1110100 1101001 1101110 111111 1110110 111111 1011111 1111110 11111 111011 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; je, ne, du, le, et are repeated.

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

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

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