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

Il gèle et des arbres pâlis de givre clair
Montent au loin, ainsi que des faisceaux de lune ; ...

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: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101011 101110111001 1110010110 1110010001 01111110111 11101110 111011111101 11100111110 11111110010 100011101010 110011111010 11101101010 11111011011 10001101101 101110101100 11101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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.

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

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