This is an analysis of the poem Le Clair Jardin C'Est La Santé that begins with:

Le clair jardin c'est la santé.
Il la prodigue, en sa clarté,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbX XbbXXX XXXXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111 1110111 1111011001 0101010 11111110 10110 11 1110111 111011 1110 11110011001 1110 11001101 1110111001 11111110100 1111010 10010110100 1111011 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, et are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word et is repeated.

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  • summary of Le Clair Jardin C'Est La Santé;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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