This is an analysis of the poem Ami, Chez Nos Francois that begins with:

Ami, chez nos Français ma muse voudrait plaire;
Mais j'ai fui la satire à leurs regards si chère....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXbbXXXbXXX XXcXXdXXeXXXXXXfXXXXXgXXd XXXXXchiXXXXjXXXXXXkXXXXXXfXlajjllXlXafXhXllXXXX XXXXXjXiXkXXXXbbmmXfXXXXfXXXXXfXXXXfXfXXfXXgXXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,25,48,48,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111011101 111111010111 010101010010 11011011110 11011011001 111011110 1101100111111 1100111010010 1011001101100 101111110110 100111111101 11111010110 0100111101 10111011011111 1111101010010 11011111011 101101110100 111101010100 11111110111 101110111101 11101110 11111100110 11101110110 1100110110 1011101011 1110110100 110111111101 10110111111 110010111011 11100111010 10100110110 110100110100 10010011110 111110110100 1110110110011 111011110110 1101101110 01111110110 111010110011 10101111100 11010011110 1011110101 11111111110 1101111111 10111001010 0111001011100 101110111110 110011101010 11111111011110 1111111010 1011110100 111111101 1111110011 1001111111 1101001011111 11111111011 01010011111 1010101101000 1011100101110 010101100110 111101110111 100100101110 111100111010 11110111101 11110111011 10011111011 101111111011 1101111100 111111110111111 111111011111 10011111111 101111111101 111001101001 11110111101110 111111111101 11011110111 111111111111 1001011111101 1011011111110 0101110100101 11010100010 1111100011 11110111010 11101101010 111011110100111 111100111110 1101110111 101101101 111111001111 11110111101 111111111010 111101110110 101010111100 1011101001100 110111001 1000111111101 1110011100 111111100 1001101011110 11011110111101 111111111101010 10110100111 11111010110 1010100111100 1111111 1110100110010 0101111011 1111011101 111110111011 111110111011 111110110100 101101011111 111010111010 11111110111 111011111 110101111111 111101011 1111110100 110011111100 1111110111100 1101111110 111010101001 111101101010 111101111001 011011110 1101011011 1011011010 10110110001 110110111010 110111111111 0111010010 1111010110 11000011001 11110000110100 1101101110100 1101111110 0010101111110 10011111010 11011111011 101110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1679
  • Average number of words per stanza: 306
  • Amount of lines: 140
  • 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; et, la, qui, tel, les, ensemble, s, je, il, vous, tout, que, ce, t, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words si, tous, tout are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, s, pas, tre, e are repeated).

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  • summary of Ami, Chez Nos Francois;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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