This is an analysis of the poem Nuit Rhénane that begins with:

Mon verre est plein d'un vin trembleur comme une flamme
Écoutez la chanson lente d'un batelier...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaa XXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111110111 1011011100 1101011111110 11101111011 10101111011 111101010100 110101101101 10101011001 010101111101110 11111110110 111101110 11110111001 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; le is repeated.

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