This is an analysis of the poem Saigon: Entre Un Ciel D'Escarboucle that begins with:

Saigon : entre un ciel d'escarboucle
Et les flots incertains,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011100 111100 0111011 101010 1111111 101111 101111 11000 11011110 101011 1011111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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 Saigon: Entre Un Ciel D'Escarboucle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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