This is an analysis of the poem A Rouen, Rue Ancrière that begins with:

Je n'ai vu qu'un regard de cette belle morte
A travers le volet qui touche à votre porte,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110010111 0100101111 111111110101 111011100110 11111111011111 1101001110 1101110101100 010101100110 1101111101010 101111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Rouen, Rue Ancrière;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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