This is an analysis of the poem A M. Charles Nodier that begins with:

L'homme est un balancier qui frappe une monnaie à son
coin. La quadruple porte l'empreinte de l'empereur, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX XXX XaX XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110011111 110101100100 110101001 111110110111110 111110111101 111101 10011101100001 101101110111 1 11011111111110 1010011110001110 10011000 111111110100010 1010111110001 1011010111 1100101011100 101101101100 101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; la, et, le are repeated.

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  • summary of A M. Charles Nodier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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