This is an analysis of the poem Le Vase Brisé that begins with:

Le vase où meurt cette verveine
D'un coup d'éventail fut fêlé ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XXXX bXbX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110 111011 0111001 1011111 111100 1001011 11010011 10110001 1110111 011111 10111111 11011011 101011101 10001010 101111010111 1101101 10011101 11111011 1101110 10111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; le is repeated.

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  • summary of Le Vase Brisé;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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