This is an analysis of the poem L’impur Et Fier Epoux that begins with:

L'impur et fier époux que la chèvre désire
Baisse le front, se dresse et cherche le satyre....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111111 10111111010 010100011000 10010111011 111001111010 1110110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; le is repeated.

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  • summary of L’impur Et Fier Epoux;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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