This is an analysis of the poem The Cathedral Of Rheims that begins with:

He who walks through the meadows of Champagne
At noon in Fall, when leaves like gold appear, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcecbeb ddddaffaghhgiiiijjddeekaak bbccggaaaa cecelllla aiiggddggj jammabjjbneen maXmicjjci
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,26,10,9,10,13,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011001 1101111101 1011 1111010101 01001010101 1001 0111 0101011101 11001 0101 1101 0101010111 0100010101 1011011101 1101010111 11011100101 1101011111 1111010101 1101110101 1011010111 1100010101 1111111001 11010100111 1101110011 1111010111 1011010001 1011011101 0101110001 1011010101 0111011101 0111010101 0100010011 0101010001 10010101001 0111010101 1101110101 1111010101 101010101 0101010101 100111 11011100111 0011010101 1101001111 1111110111 1101010101 1111110001 1110110101 01001010101 0101010001 1111110001 10110111 11110111 1111010101 01010101010 01010101010 11010110 01001010 1101011011 11 1111000101 0101010001 0101010111 0100110101 01010101010 01010101110 110010010101 0111010101 010101 1101110001 11011100101 0101110100 1011000101 1001010101 0111110111 1011011101 0101001111 0100111101 0111010101 0101010111 01001000101 1101110101 0101111100 0101010101 0101010101 1001110111 111101 00100101 010011 100101 0101000000 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 528
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 91
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Cathedral Of Rheims;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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