This is an analysis of the poem Sur Le Canal Saint-Martin Glisse that begins with:

Sur le canal Saint-Martin glisse,
Lisse et peinte comme un joujou, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 1111110 111100 1011010 11001100 111010 11101111 1111111 11110110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Sur Le Canal Saint-Martin Glisse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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