This is an analysis of the poem De Ce Qu'On Ne Voit Plus Qu'Une Vague Campagne that begins with:

De ce qu'on ne voit plus qu'une vague campagne
Où tout l'orgueil du monde on a vu quelquefois,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX 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: 0110111110110 1110011011100 1111101011 10110111101 10011110110 11111110010 11110110110 111100100100 111111010 1101111010 1001110111 1010101111 1010111001 11111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ni is repeated.

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  • summary of De Ce Qu'On Ne Voit Plus Qu'Une Vague Campagne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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