This is an analysis of the poem L'Invitation Au Voyage that begins with:

Mon enfant, ma soeur,
Songe à la douceur,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 110110 101011010 101010 10110 111110 1101000 0111000 11011110 110000 011001 101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of L'Invitation Au Voyage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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