This is an analysis of the poem Le Laurier Du Generalife that begins with:

Dans le Generalife, il est un laurier-rose,
Gai comme la victoire, heureux comme l'amour. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXa XaXXa XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1010001011101 1110110110 111101100110 11101111 101111111101 1101101111 111101111001 1100111110 110010101010 101111010111 1101110110110 111010101100 01011110110 111001111010 11101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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