This is an analysis of the poem Je Vis Sourdre D'Un Roc Une Vive Fontaine that begins with:

Je vis sourdre d'un roc une vive fontaine,
Claire comme cristal aux rayons du soleil,...

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: 1111111101 1110110001 110011110110 01011011011 110110111011 100111111001 111011100110 0101111111 11011010011 111010111011 11111001011 110001101100 10110111110 11111011111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Je Vis Sourdre D'Un Roc Une Vive Fontaine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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