This is an analysis of the poem Bonne Fortune that begins with:

Tête penchée,
Oeil- battu,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XaXX XXXX XaXa XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 110 101 101 1110 110 110 010 10010 111 1110 110 1111 011 111 110 111 110 11111 011 11101 111 11111 111 1111 11 1111 111 101 110 11111 110 10111 101 1111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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