This is an analysis of the poem Que Nous Sommes Encor Heureux Et Fiers De Vivre that begins with:

Que nous sommes encor heureux et fiers de vivre
Quand le moindre rayon entr'aperçu là-haut ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011101101 10110100011 100110110101 101111101110 11011110110 110110110011 11110101010 10111111011 1111110100110 111110111100 101111110100 100101101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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; et, nous are repeated.

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  • summary of Que Nous Sommes Encor Heureux Et Fiers De Vivre;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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