This is an analysis of the poem La Mare that begins with:

La lune décroissante
Se couche en noir dédale...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 111111 11100 1110110 111111 111100 10100 1101 110010 1101100 11111 111011110 1110 10110 11001 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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 La Mare;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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