This is an analysis of the poem Présent De Noce. À Mme Corinne W* that begins with:

Un soir, que nous veillions sous les marronniers verts ;
Nos voix, dans le jardin, retentissaient joyeuses,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXX XXX XaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111110111001 1110101000100 1101111110100 1011101111011 101110111110 1111010100100 1111101111000 111010110110 111100011101 11101111100 111110110 01011010010 101100101111 11101011101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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 Présent De Noce. À Mme Corinne W*;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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