This is an analysis of the poem Paysage Fauve that begins with:

Les arbres comme autant de vieillards rachitiques,
Flanqués vers l'horizon sur les escarpements,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101100101000 101100111000 100101101000 10111101110 1101111110100 10111110100 11011011110 110010110100 111111111011 110110111011 1101001110 110010010101 11101001110 100111101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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 Paysage Fauve;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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