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

A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu: voyelles,
Je dirai quelque jour vos naissances latentes:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XaX 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: 0111111111100 1110111100100 011010110100 11001011010 1011101101110 1011011110100 110111111 11111100100 1101001011100 1111100111 1101011110 1110111010 100101101110 11010100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; des is repeated.

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  • summary of Voyelles;
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  • history of its creation;
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