This is an analysis of the poem La Mer (Vicaire) that begins with:

Entre les durs rochers qui bordent le ravin
J’ai vu monter au ciel l’éblouissante aurore ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX bXX XcX XdX dXX XeX X XXX XXX aXX XbX bXX XXX XXX XXX aXa aXX XXX XXf X XXX eXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XaX X aXX XXX XXX XXX XXb XXX XXX XXX XdX dgd gdX dXd XXX XfX XXf XXc XXX XXX XXX dcX XXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110110010 11110111010 1101111110 111010011 11111100110 101100101110 11011010 111111011 11010111000 1101011100 11011011101 111010101100 10101110011 110111110 111110011 101011110001 10010111110 1101110001010 1 110111111 100111101 1110101100100 1110001010 01011011110 10011111111 111010011010 1100011011 110110111100 101111101010 101111011 10010110110 11100110011 1001011110010 1101001111011 110110110110 110110011 11010001011010 110100010100 11110110101 1100101110 110110111110 101110111100 1110011001 111011101110 11111101111 01101101010 111011101011 1001010111000 11011001110 110100011000 110110011 1101110000 1001001110 11111001 1111111111 1 1111101110 1110011011 111100111 1101100101010 111110101101 1001111011 11011011110 011000111010 100111110110 11110110010 11111011101 01101111010 101100010110 11111110110 111110101101 111101111 1111011010 1101010111 01010010111 11010100011 11111101100 1 111110010 1010011111 110011111011 1111001010 11001001101 11111011110 110100101011 1111111010 1101011101 10110010101 111101011 11101101101 100011111011 110100111100 1010101111 1111011110 1101111100010 111111011100 11011011100 111111110011 10110001110110 1101101001 111011111010 101011111100 111011110010 11111011111 110100111 10101111111 0110110111 1101011111 11101111111 11101111001 1110111110 110111101110 01110100110 11111110011 1111110001 011110100011 1101101111110 111011010 1111111011 1111111011011 11100011 11001110100 1111011001111 010101010 0111111010110 1111010100 10111010010 10111001001 1001101011000 1101101110 111011111110 110110110001 101101111111 1101001110 11101010001 11111011010 110111100001 111010010 111010111110 11101111110 1101001110 1011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 50
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 145
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; et, la, le, de, l, k, ris, s, d, e, mer, mort are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words elles, k, o, c are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase elle connects the lines.

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  • summary of La Mer (Vicaire);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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