This is an analysis of the poem Le Vacher Et Le Garde-Chasse that begins with:

Colin gardait un jour les vaches de son père ;
Colin n'avait pas de bergère,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXbbbccXddXdXcXXXeXeXaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011110011 1010101 11001101101 10111111111 11110111011 11111110 11010111 1010101111111 10011011011 110111 1110101111011 11110110111 101101 11010101001 11010111 01111011111 1101010010 1010111 110110 0110111 1010110 110110 01011011 010010100110 1011011111 1111101110110 1010111 110111010 101100110100 10111011010 11011011 11010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 238
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Le Vacher Et Le Garde-Chasse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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