This is an analysis of the poem Ode: Si En Un Lieu Solitaire that begins with:

Si en un lieu solitaire
Les ennuis me font retraire...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XXaXXa XXXXXX XXbXXX XXbccd XXXdXe XXXXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1101110 111110 11111100 11110100 0100100 1110110 11010110 110111 1011100 111100 10101 1111111 100111 01111010 1110110 111011 111100 1101011 0111111 1101101 10101 1111 11011 111101111 1101011 1110010 111110 111110 1010011 1110101 111110 1010110 10110010 11110110 100111 11111010 1110011 111111 111110 111111 1110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Ode: Si En Un Lieu Solitaire;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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