This is an analysis of the poem Louis Xvii (King Louis Xvii) that begins with:

Capet, éveille-toi
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  • Rhyme scheme: X a XXXbXbcXXXXd XXXXXX XaXecfXX XaaXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXgX XXXeXXcX XfXXXXXX XXXXXX X XXXXXXXXXX aXXXXX X aahfhf hhijij kklmmlX ifXfXXbX ggbbbb nnkXbaba iikkmomo bbppidib ggqqkfkX prprbibX kkpp hihihdhd oopiiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,12,6,8,6,8,8,8,8,6,1,10,6,1,6,6,7,8,6,8,8,8,8,8,4,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011 1 1111011101100 011111111100 111110101 111101000010 101111001010 111001 11111110011 11101010011 11101011110 111001101101 110001100111 1101100 110011110111 111110111 111111111110 111011100110 1010100 1011111011101 1111111100111 111110011111111 101110011111 111111101001 11101111110 1101111001 11111001111011 101111111 11010111011 1111101011 1111011111 1111101010 10111010 111101110111 1101111111001 10111111111010 011110100111 111010110111 100110101110 11111101100 111111011111 1111010010 111111011111 11111100110 1111101110111 1101111011 1101110010 01110111100 11011110011 10101110 11101011111 110101011110 100110111001 111010101001 1111001111 111110011010 1111011111111 1111100 111110111100 111111111001 1111110100111 11010101110 111111111100 10111110100 111101111110 1111110111 111010111111 11111111011 1111011010 110101101111 111110 1011001001101 1 1001101110 110101111010 1111111010 1101101100 11111111110100 1110011110 1111110 11111111001 1101111001 11111001 11111101011 111101011 1010110 1110101111110100 1111111010 100100101 1101 0101010111 11001101101 1001000101 1001101010 0111111101 1001010 0111000111 0011010101 01011110001 11011101010 11011001001 0101010 0101100111 11010101001 1101010111 1001111111 011011001 1101010111 110101 10111101010 1111011111 110101001000 11010011101 1111010110 1111010101 1111110011 1111010 0101110111 1010111111 0011110101 1001010011 11000110101 100101 1111110111 1101010101 1011010101 11010101010 0011110101 0111110101 1111110111 010001 1111111101 1111001101 1111111101 0111110111 11000100010 1101000101 11111111010 111011 1110110001 0101010101 1101011101 1011010111 11000100101 1101001101 1101011101 011111 1111000101 1011111101 1011010101 10110110101 1111111101 1101110001 0111101011 001011 01011101101 1101100101 0111010111 1111110001 1101011101 11010010101 10110010101 110111 101101101101 10111101001 0101010101 10010001001 1111110101 1101010111 1101111101 0100011111 1011011101 1100010101 1101011101 010111 1111001111 1111110101 11011011001 1111010101 1101110111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 181
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; les, je, re, la, r, ton, ma, et, my, i, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, je, the, i, come are repeated.

    The author used the same word ' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines te, nue, me are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.

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