This is an analysis of the poem Le Papillon Et La Chenille that begins with:

Un papillon léger, de ses ailes brillantes,
Etalait les riches couleurs ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXaaX XXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001011100 10011010 1100011 11001000 11111011100 1011010011 1110111100 11111101110 011110011110 11011011 11111010 10111011110 1011011 10110100 1110110 010011111 110100110111 11010111000 11100111 1010011 1101111010 101100101101 101110111 110110111110 1111111011110 10110011011 1111100 01011000 10111001101 011110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 385
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, un are repeated.

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  • summary of Le Papillon Et La Chenille;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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