This is an analysis of the poem Je Vis Haut Élevé Sur Colonnes D'Ivoire that begins with:

Je vis haut élevé sur colonnes d'ivoire,
Dont les bases étaient du plus riche métal,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX aXXX 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: 11111110001 111010111 01001110010 0101111111 011110101 10111101010 11101111110 11001011011 101110110010 110110111 11110011001 1111111111101111 1001111111011 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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 Je Vis Haut Élevé Sur Colonnes D'Ivoire;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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