This is an analysis of the poem L'Arbre that begins with:

Tout seul,
Que le berce l'été, que l'agite l'hiver, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXb XXXXcXXdXXX bdXXXbaXXbXXX XXXaXXXX dXXXXXeeXXXaXXd XXXbXfXXXbXXXXXg cXXfXaX gXXXdXXXXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,13,8,15,16,7,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 101111010 1111111101 101111010101 1011111100 11 11111101111 11110111100 11101111 110111 101111 11111111010 1101011110 11101101101 1100111010 11111 01011011010 101011100 11011111001 101101011010 100111101010 1011011011110 11111101 1111010 111001010 111111111 1011101010110 1101110 111110010 1100 101011011010 111100110100 1101111110 11001111011 110111100100 101111110100 11101111 0101110110 111011111 1101010101010 10011011 11001001 10101110 11111110 11101111001 1011111111 1010110110 11011111011 111010 1110 111011 0100101111 111110 11011011110 1110111111 1011011100 1111010110 111100101010 1111010001011 1101011101 11001011101 1011011101110 1101010111011 11010101001011 1110011100 110011011010 1011101110 1111011110 1011111011 101111110 1111010110110 1111011101110 101100011111 110111111010 11010101 111010101110 11011110111 1111111011 111110110 1000111010 101111111010 1101111101101 11110011100 110111100100 1111011101 1011011101 101110010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 461
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; que, et, les, mes, m, de, il, ses, le are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words que, il, et, je, mes are repeated.

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

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