This is an analysis of the poem Roger-Bontemps that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbXbX XXXXXXXX XccXXXXX XXXXXXdX XacaXXXX XcXXXdXX XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110000 1101 1110100 10100111 110011 101100 111101 011010 010011 11111 010101 010010 111001 110011 111110 011010 100111 110111 11011 111110 110010 111110 111110 011010 110011 100011 11010 010100 1110101 110010 111110 011010 10110 101010 100101 11011 011010 101110 111110 011010 10111111 11011 01100 1001 111010 111110 11111 011010 11011 110100 11011 101110 111011 110100 1110110 011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; de, vous are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words du, un, vous are repeated.

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

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