This is an analysis of the poem Autre Guitare that begins with:

Comment, disaient-ils,
Avec nos nacelles,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 101100 11100 101010 10101 10100 111 101010 10101 01011 11010 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Autre Guitare;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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