This is an analysis of the poem La Tzigane that begins with:

La Tzigane savait d'avance
Nos deux vies barrées par les nuits ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 1111111 11010111 01110100 1011111 10101110 11011011 111011 111111111 11010110 11101111 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 La Tzigane;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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