This is an analysis of the poem Xxvi - Je Rêve, Tant Paris... that begins with:

Je rêve, tant Paris m'est parfois un enfer,
D'une ville très calme et sans chemin de fer, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110110110 1111111001 110111101100 1110101111110 111101111101 1101101101 1111000010100 11011011100 1110001010 110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 457
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

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  • summary of Xxvi - Je Rêve, Tant Paris...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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