This is an analysis of the poem Castel-Biray. Villa De M. Paul Blanchemain. that begins with:

C'est un frais manoir aux formes exquises
Dont le toit domine un flot de bosquets,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXa XaX
  • 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: 11110110100 10101011010 1101011010 110111100 0101011010 11101110 1101010010 1101101010 1001010011 110001110 101111011 0101111 111111101111 1110011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; un, le are repeated.

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