This is an analysis of the poem Champêtres Et Lointains Quartiers, Je Vous Préfère that begins with:

Champêtres et lointains quartiers, je vous préfère
Sans doute par les nuits d'été, quand l'atmosphère...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101111 111111110 10010111110 111011111110 10110111 110010110101 111010111001 110010110111 1011001110010 01001111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 487
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; les, des are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, bouche are repeated).

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  • summary of Champêtres Et Lointains Quartiers, Je Vous Préfère;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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