This is an analysis of the poem À Ma Sœur Marie, Au Retour De Son Voyage De Noces. that begins with:

Ma sœur, comme oiseau qui traverse la nue,
Quand le soleil d'avril sur ses ailes a lui,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXaa bbX 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: 1111011011 100110111010 11110110101 111100110101 1111111110 10110111010 11110111010 11010111010 1010011001110 111111110010 1101100100111 1111001101010 1110001001010 110110111011 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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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