This is an analysis of the poem C'Était Sur Un Chemin Crayeux that begins with:

C'était sur un chemin crayeux
Trois châtes de Provence...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bXXX XbXX aXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 11010 11101111 001111 11011011 10111 1001010 10011 11011111 11101 1101110 111111 111010 110010 1010111 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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 C'Était Sur Un Chemin Crayeux;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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