This is an analysis of the poem Chanson (Proscrit, Regarde Les Roses...) that begins with:

Proscrit, regarde les roses ;
Mai joyeux, de l'aube en pleurs...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX BXBC XXXX BXBC aXXX BXBC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 1100111 111010 101011 111 11011110 0101111 1110101 1010110 1111111 11101100 1100110 111 11111110 0101111 1110101 1010110 1101111 11101010 1010100 111 1110110 0101111 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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

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  • summary of Chanson (Proscrit, Regarde Les Roses...);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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