This is an analysis of the poem Terre, Terre,Cherie that begins with:

...Terre, terre chérie
Que la liberté sainte appelle sa patrie;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111 11101101100 10111010 10110101100 10101101010110 1101011111 1100110110 11010010110 10100111011 1101011110 1011011100 10001011010 111110011000 10101111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 601
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; le is repeated.

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  • summary of Terre, Terre,Cherie;
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  • history of its creation;
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