This is an analysis of the poem Scherzo that begins with:

Sourires, fleurs, baisers, essences,
Après de si fades ennuis,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XbXb XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110100 101110 1011100 10001011 1000110 1011010 1101110 1011110 1101010 10100011 10001111 1111010 110011010 11010111 10101110 1101011 11111110100 11110110 11001100 1110001 111010010 1111011 11011100 111100 11111100 10011110 1111101100 111111110 011100 1010110 1011001 1011100 100010101 1110110 11111000 10001010 1111111011 111001 1111111 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words apr, qui are repeated.

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  • summary of Scherzo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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