This is an analysis of the poem Valse that begins with:

Loin du bal, dans le parc humide
Déjà fleurissaient les lilas ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XBXC dddXX XX X XXXX XBXC dddXX XX XXXXX XXXX XXd XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,2,1,4,4,5,2,5,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110110 1100110 1111011 1011110 11110 101101 11111 1111 11011 11011 1001 10110110 1 10110110 1011110 1 11110110 1011111 11000110 101101111 11110 101101 11111 1111 1110101 011011 1011 01110110 1 11110110 1111111 110 0101000 110011 111100111 111011 10001010 100111 11011110 111000110 1010110 10010010 1100111 11111111 01111 11001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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