This is an analysis of the poem Le Manteau Impérial (The Imperial Mantle) that begins with:

Le manteau impérial
O ! vous dont le travail est joie,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXX bXXXXX XXXXXc XXXbbX XXXdXX aaXXXX a Xebeeb ccfddf gghiiX bbhbbh jjghhXXffhffh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 111001011 1110111 11011001 1110111 1110111 1101101 1010001 11001 10001010 11100100 100110100 10010110 1111100 10100 10101110 111101 1000111 1010111111 101101100 11110010 1011010 11011010 11110110 1111010 11101111 1101111 11011110 111111101 11100010 110101001 110010010 10111110 1001010 1001110100 110111110 111111 0010010 111110110 1111111 110010101 11010111 11010111 11010101 11000101 110111001 01010101 11001101 110010001 01110101 110010111 11010101 110110100 01011101 11111101 11111101 10110101 11010100 0100101101 111111010 1101010010 110011101 1101001001 10011001 101010001 11100111 11010111 01110100 11010111 110100001 11010101 01110111 11010111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; vous is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines e, res are repeated).

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  • summary of Le Manteau Impérial (The Imperial Mantle);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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