This is an analysis of the poem Je Vis Un Fier Torrent, Dont Les Flots Écumeux that begins with:

Je vis un fier torrent, dont les flots écumeux
Rongeaient les fondements d'une vieille ruine :...

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: 111111011110 101100111 11011101011 11011110010 111101111100 11011101110 110101110 111100111100 11001111 1011111001 1111101110 1110101110 10011111111 1011110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • 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.

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

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