This is an analysis of the poem Nuit Quatrième that begins with:

Nécropolis
Sur la terre on est mal : sous la terre on est bien....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ab c XXdX X XbdbeeXXXX XXXXcXXXXX fXfXXXXggX X XXaaXXXdXXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,4,1,10,10,10,1,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 11110111111011 1010 1 10110110 11111101110 1011101 1011001111011 1 1011011 1010110 11100111 1101110 111001 11111001 100101001 1101101 1111111 01100010 11110110 0111110 11100111 101001 11110011 110101110 01010100 11111110 11101 10111100 11111110 10010 111101 1101100 100111000 100011100 110100 100101110 1101110 11100110 1 1111111110 110010111110 11001010011 10111001001 10110101100100 111001111100 10110011111 11001110011 11100011110 1000101110 10010110111 11011101101 110101011 101010011011 1111111111010 1010110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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