This is an analysis of the poem Rêve D'Artiste that begins with:

Parfois j'ai le désir d'une sœur bonne et tendre,
D'une sœur angélique au sourire discret :...

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: 1010111111 111011010 111000100010 01011110110 111111110 1110010101 1110101111 111100110110 1110111001110 11100010010 10011111000 111111011011 101110011010 110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; s, ur are repeated.

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  • summary of Rêve D'Artiste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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