This is an analysis of the poem Si Fruits, Raisins Et Blés, Et Autres Telles Choses that begins with:

Si fruits, raisins et blés, et autres telles choses,
Ont leur tronc, et leur cep, et leur semence aussi,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX aaX 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: 111011110110 111111111010 111110010100 10101100110 111011110010 10010011110 110110111110 1010101100100 11101010111 1011110111 1011001101 1111110111 11101100111 111100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, leur, ni are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines point is repeated).

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  • summary of Si Fruits, Raisins Et Blés, Et Autres Telles Choses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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