This is an analysis of the poem Au Fleuve De Loire that begins with:

Ô de qui la vive course
Prend sa bienheureuse source,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXXccXXXXdXXXXXXXXXXXXdXXXXXXccXXXXcXXXXXXbXXXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaaaXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 82,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111 111001 110101 11110 111110 01010 11111 1111111 111110 111100 0110101 1011110 1101111 1010110 0101110 011110 11100 1010101 111100 1100100 011110 1111110 111110 11010110 1101111 111011 0111010 1000101 11111100 01101110 101110 101110 1110001 1010011 1101110 111011 111110 1110100 101101 01101100 110110 11110100 10010110 0110001 1111110 110011 101011 11111110 1011100 011111110 110111 1010111 010100 111110 100110 011001 11111 10111 1101111 1111111 101100 111010 111111 1011010 111101000 11011100 11100 101010 101010 101111 1111110 1111101 01011 111011 111111 1101010 111110 011010 10101 110110 11101110 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 410
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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 Au Fleuve De Loire;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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