This is an analysis of the poem L'Allée Est Droite Et Longue, Et Sur Le Ciel D'Hiver that begins with:

L'allée est droite et longue, et sur le ciel d'hiver
Se dressent hardiment les grands arbres de fer,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111110110 1110100111001 1111010111 111001111111 10011101110 11101011100 111010111 11110011101 10110111110 111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 471
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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; se, et, le, un are repeated.

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  • summary of L'Allée Est Droite Et Longue, Et Sur Le Ciel D'Hiver;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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