This is an analysis of the poem Les Vieilles Rues that begins with:

Que vous disent les vieilles rues
Des vieilles cités ?…...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101 1101 10110001 011 1010100 11101101 10111101 11110 0111010 11010 10101001 10111101 11010100 11011 111011010 01110 111101000 11010100 111111 10101 101011 11001 10110100 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Les Vieilles Rues;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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