This is an analysis of the poem Ecrit Sur La Vitre D'Une Fenêtre Flamande that begins with:

J'aime le carillon dans tes cités antiques,
Ô vieux pays gardien de tes moeurs domestiques,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXXXXXXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111101 11100111000 101101111100 101010110110 01011110011 11111110100 10010101111 1101101101 1110111100 11010101100 10110110100 10101111010 1010101110111 1111000100100 1011010111 110110110011 1010111010111 100111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 855
  • Average number of words per stanza: 144
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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.

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

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  • summary of Ecrit Sur La Vitre D'Une Fenêtre Flamande;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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