This is an analysis of the poem Je N'Ai Pas Oublié, Voisine De La Ville (I'Ve Not Forgotten, Near The Town) that begins with:

I've not forgotten, near to the town,
our white house, small but alone:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 1111101 001001001001 10110011 1010111010 0101101010 011001001001 0111110110 1001001010 1010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 408
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Je N'Ai Pas Oublié, Voisine De La Ville (I'Ve Not Forgotten, Near The Town);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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