This is an analysis of the poem Aquarelliste that begins with:

Yvonne sérieuse au visage pâlot
A pris du papier blanc et des couleurs à l'eau...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXXXaaXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101 01010111101 11011011101 100101111010 011010011011 101110110101 1111000111100 1011110100 110100101110 1000111110 111111111111 101101110 10111101010 1101101110 11110111010 10110101111110 1111011011 1111001011010 111011110100 11001101100 11111111010 11100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1099
  • Average number of words per stanza: 182
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, un, et are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word quand is repeated.

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  • summary of Aquarelliste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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