This is an analysis of the poem Claire Fontaine that begins with:

Claire fontaine où rossignole
Un rossignol jamais lassé, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XbXb XXXc acXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100 1100101 11101010 111 1011 11101110 110010100 11111 110011 101111010 111011111 1110 1111100 1111010 111100 0101 11101101 011111 1110100 0110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Claire Fontaine;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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