This is an analysis of the poem De Rose that begins with:

Ce n'est point la paquerete,
La marguerite, le lis,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bXaX XaXa XXXX aXaX XcXX XXXX bXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100 110101 101110 1111111 1101111 11101 111101 011010 1110110 1010101 110110 0111111 11111 11010 1110111 011111 1111111 111110 1111011 111010 1111 111110 101010 11111000 1111 101110 10111 1001011 10011 111000 11101 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la is repeated.

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

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