This is an analysis of the poem Le Coffret De Santal: Préface that begins with:

Au plus grand nombre je déplais.
Car je semble tombé des nues,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaX XXa XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111111 1111111 1010100 1101111 111111100 01111101 1011110 1011111 11110111 111101110 10110111 11110110 11111101 10110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; les, que are repeated.

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  • summary of Le Coffret De Santal: Préface;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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