This is an analysis of the poem Le Grenier that begins with:

Je viens revoir l'asile ou ma jeunesse
De la misere a subi les lecons.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXabXX XXcXdbdX XXXeXXXX XXXXbXbX XXXXXXXX X efefagaG hhhhigiG hahagggG iaiagggG dcdcjgjg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101101110 0110010110 10111110 0110110110 10011111110 110010110 111011101100 1110010011011 1110011111010 1111110111 111101111011 1111100101 1000100111 1111010001 111111111 1110010011011 0110110100 11101110 111101010 011111001 1110110110 1010111110 11110110110 1110010011011 0101110110 0110111011 110001011100 01001010110 010111101 1100101100 1110100011 1110010011011 1011111010 11011111100 10001101101 11111001110 110110101 1100111110 111011110 1110010011011 010 0101010111 1011110011 0011001111 1011110001 1001011101 1001001101 1011011101 0011111101 1101011110 1111110111 1101110101 10110100101 1111110101 1011110111 11111111001 0011111101 1111010101 11010111001 0111001101 01010100101 1101010111 1101010101 11111111001 0011111101 1101011111 1101001111 0101010111 1101010111 1111000101 01001010001 1011011101 0011111101 1110010111 1111110101 1111011101 1111111101 01110101110 0101110001 11110100110 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same words ans, one 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 one connects the lines.

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

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