This is an analysis of the poem Rêves Enclos that begins with:

Enfermons-nous mélancoliques
Dans le frisson tiède des chambres,...

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 tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10011000 10101110 111011100 10011100 110100110 011101000 110111000 111100110 11111 101110 11001001 11011101 110111 1110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; des is repeated.

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  • summary of Rêves Enclos;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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