This is an analysis of the poem En Mer. À Ma Petite Marie-Jeanne. that begins with:

L'océan roule en paix sa houle souveraine,
Où, mobile, se joue un reflet de ciel clair :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX aXXX XXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1011111100 110111110011 11111111001 101011111 0011010111 10100011010 111101111101 110111111010 01000110100111 111111111 11111011110 1110011101011 1111111111111 111011011100 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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 En Mer. À Ma Petite Marie-Jeanne.;
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  • history of its creation;
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