This is an analysis of the poem Allons Plus Vite that begins with:

Et le soir vient et les lys meurent
Regarde ma douleur beau ciel qui me l'envoies...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXAXXXXXbXXbXXXAXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111110 10110111110 11010 111011 10101111 10111011 1101111 10101010 1101110 1001110 111110100 1011101 1011 1110100 10110101 1111010 01101010 11010101 1011101 1011 11110110 1101110 0110111100 11 1011101 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 749
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Allons Plus Vite;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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