This is an analysis of the poem Le Lac De Belœil. À Mlle C. D. that begins with:

Qui n'aime à visiter ta montagne rustique,
Ô lac qui, suspendu sur vingt sommets hardis,...

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: 1110010110 11100111010 111011101100 1110111100 111101111100 1101111101 111111111110 110010110010 111101111000 110011110 111101110101 11010111111 10101110110 111110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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