This is an analysis of the poem Les Jardins that begins with:

Le paysage il a changé - et des gradins,
Mystiquement fermés de haies, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XXXX XXbX XXbX XXXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011110 1000101 1000101110 1111100010 11001110 11001110 111011101100 1011011101 11001110110 10101101 10101011101 10001011010 1011011110 010001101001 11101111 110111 1110110 1001110 10111010 1110 1111001 1110101 1100110 01110 111111010 111111100 11101100 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; les, de are repeated.

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  • summary of Les Jardins;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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