This is an analysis of the poem Après Trois Ans that begins with:

Ayant poussé la porte étroite qui chancelle,
Je me suis promené dans le petit jardin...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aaX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101111110 111110101010 100100001010 1001111010 1111110110 01110110010 011110110100 10110111000 110101100101 1111001110011 110111111 11111010110 101111010 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

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  • summary of Après Trois Ans;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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