This is an analysis of the poem La Mélinite: Moulin Rouge that begins with:

Olivier Metra's Waltz of Roses
Sheds in a rhythmic shower... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbab caaca addad aeeae cffcf cggcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101010 1001010 010100010 11010 010100010 101101010 101101 00110111 01010 00010001 010111010 010101 01010101 01110 010101001 010101011 110001 11110101 01011 01011001 0101011100 010111 010100111 011100 01110101 110000010 0001001 11010101 01110 10011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of La Mélinite: Moulin Rouge;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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