This is an analysis of the poem Les Jours De Fraîche Et Tranquillé Santé that begins with:

Les jours de fraîche et tranquillé santé,
Lorsque la vie est belle ainsi qu'une conquête,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX X XXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 111011101010 01011111 1110101 111111100 1011111110 1110111000 11001110 1101111001 1110101100 110101111110 110011111 1101101110100 1111010 010001011 111001 11111011101 101111011111 10110110 10110111011 111111010 11110111100 010001010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; il, les are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word il at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase me connects the lines.

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  • summary of Les Jours De Fraîche Et Tranquillé Santé;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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