This is an analysis of the poem Au Bord De L'Eau that begins with:

S'asseoir tous deux au bord d'un flot qui passe,
Le voir passer ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab XX XX XX XX XX XX Xb XX XX XbXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111111 0110 111111110 0110 0100111101 0110 110011110 1100 1111110010 1110 1110111110 110 01011011110 1100 1111011111 0110 110001010 1100 1110110001 1100 1110101111 11110 10101011111 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 59
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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 Au Bord De L'Eau;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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