This is an analysis of the poem Adieu À Paris that begins with:

Adieu, Paris, adieu, ville où le cœur oublie !
Je reconnais le chemin vert ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXXX bcXX XbbX cdXd XXXa XeXe XXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100111011 111000101 111111111 10110110 110111110011 111100110 11101101111 1110011 11011111111 100011011 110111111100 11011110 110101000100 11110111 11100101111 1001110 11100111010011 11101111 11110111 1111111 1001110100111 10011111 111111101 11110001 10010010110 1111101 11011111010 110111111 1101101111 1111111 101011011110 11111001 1111101101000 11111110 1001001101000 1001111 1001011 11110100 101100111100 1111111010 11111110000 1110 1011101001100 11100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; c'est, la, les are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words j'ai, les, la are repeated.

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  • summary of Adieu À Paris;
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