This is an analysis of the poem Ma Petite Chaise that begins with:

Dans l'ombre, autour de moi quand le soir est tombé,
Je regarde souvent d'un œil mélancolique...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX 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: 111001101011 11101011100 1110111010 11010010101 1101011111 10010111110 11111110 11111101 1111101101 010100010011 11111011010 1111101001 101101011 10011010011 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 Ma Petite Chaise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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