This is an analysis of the poem Comme On Passe En Été Le Torrent Sans Danger, that begins with:

Comme on passe en été le torrent sans danger,
Qui soulait en hiver être roi de la plaine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111111010110 11011011011 1101111110 100100110010 11111100100 01001010101 10001111101 10010011111110 11101111111 101110100110 1011101011 00101111000 111010100110 11011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Comme On Passe En Été Le Torrent Sans Danger,;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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