This is an analysis of the poem Le Cap Tourmente that begins with:

Robuste, et largement appuyé sur sa base,
Le colosse trapu s'avance au sein des flots ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb XXba 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: 10110010111 01010101111 111110011010 11111101 11110010001 111010001110 1110111111 11111101111 1001111100 1111101011 11010110010 111011110111 1101101110 111110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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.

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

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  • summary of Le Cap Tourmente;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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