This is an analysis of the poem Si D'Autres Fleurs Décorent La Maison that begins with:

Si d'autres fleurs décorent la maison
Et la splendeur du paysage,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXX aXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110110 1110010 11110101010 101111011010 100110101100 1010101110 10001111 10010101010 111111111000 100111011 110010111000 1111111010 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et is repeated.

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

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