This is an analysis of the poem L'Esprit Parisien that begins with:
Esprit parisien ! démon du Bas-Empire !
Vieux sophiste épuisé qui bois, toutes les nuits,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX abba XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01100101100 1101111011 111110100110 110010110111 110010101001 01111111010 11000111111 10101111010 11111011111 1110011110 11101111111 01010111101 1111001110 1110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of L'Esprit Parisien;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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