This is an analysis of the poem Scepticisme that begins with:

Quand la mort nous fera roides et sans haleine,
Squelettes tous les deux, l’un à l’autre pareils,...

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: 111110101110 1001111110 111101010110 10011111101 011010111001 111111111010 11110001001 11001011111 110010111011 110101100010 101111010 11110110110 1101110011010 101100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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.

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

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