This is an analysis of the poem Asseyons-Nous Tous Deux Près Du Chemin that begins with:

Asseyons-nous tous deux près du chemin,
Sur le vieux banc rongé de moisissures,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XaaX XXXX aXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111010 1011101000 11111101111 10100011 1011110100 0110011101110 1110111011 111100101111 111101111010 111011011010 11011111111110 111110101111 111000100110 110000111 11111101 111101011110 1111101011 11101111 1000110100 1110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Asseyons-Nous Tous Deux Près Du Chemin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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