This is an analysis of the poem Les « Marches Naturelles » that begins with:

Encaissé dans un lit aux arêtes rugueuses,
Entre deux pans abrupts rongés par le courant,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX aXXX 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: 10111110100 10111011010 11111010010 101110111100 010101001100 11111111000 11010010110 110101111 1011000100 1010011000100 1011111010 11101100100 1111001101000 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Les « Marches Naturelles »;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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