This is an analysis of the poem L’invention that begins with:

O fils du Mincius, je te salue, ô toi
Par qui le dieu des arts fut roi du peuple-roi!...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbXXXXXXXXXXXX cXXXdXeeXXffXXXXXXcXXXggXXXhXXXXXgffXi XXXXXeXXXXaXXXXXXXXfXfXgXfXXffXXjXfXbXXgXXfXXeXXjjkkXcXXcXXXcXffXXXhfXXjXXXffffXcXXXXeXXXXXXXXXXXfXXXcfXXgeXXXXXXXXlXXXXXXXXXXXc XeXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXfiXcXXXccXXXXddccXXcfXXffffXeXXXXXXffXXXXXXffXXXjXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,38,128,70,34,14,42,22,30,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011111 11011111011 111101110 101111111 1011111011 111011011110 110101101000 011111111100 11111011110 111100100110 101011111100 111111010 011101110100 1100110001 11111111110 110101100100 1010001110 11101111110 11101001110110 110110011010 0110110010 11011101110 10011101100 1001011100 110011111010 1011011110 111100110111 11010011101 11101110111 01110100111 1111011110 1011011010 10101010 1110101100 10111001 1101111101 101100111101 11010011101 1101111110 101110110010 111110111101 110110010 1101101101000 111111100100 1011111000110 111110110110 1101101110100 11110110010 11111010110 100110110010 1110101101 1101111110011 101101101101 1011101111 111001011111 11011111111 1101011010 11110111110 110100110100 101111001100 11011111010 10101010001 01101011010 10011011011 0111111110010 1111011010 110110111001 10111110100 010110101000 0110101100 11100101101 101110111 11101101111 11100110010 101010101010 1101111011 111111111110 10010010110 1111111101 110110111001 111100100110 101011110001 01111110 111010111 10101111011 010111111 11101111 11001111110 111010010011 111100110010 1111110101001 101111111110 11011110110 11101110110 10101101101 10011011101 110010110011 10011110110 110111111010 101111100100 1011111111 111101101011 101011011100 11010110110 101011111111 1011011111101 0111110110 1111111010 10101011 10110100110 110111111 10101010110 110110111010 01111011011 1111101100100 110110011100 11001011011 110111010100 101010111100 1110111101100 110110101 1101111000 011010100110 110100110011 11100110101 11100011110 1110011111 101011110101 110011001 111110101 110001011010 100110110011 111111010 110110100111 1100010100100 101110111 11110110011 110010111010 1111011111 1011101110 10111011010 10010111101 10010110100 010110100100 11101011001 1111011101 10010111111 10101101101 1011001010010 101011110 101010011100 1111011111100 111001111110 11101111011 111101111 1100101111 1111110111010 101110110111 111011011011 101011100110 1001111111 111111110111 10100111101 101101101 1110001 1111001 11101011110 11101011 10110111011 11110111010 11010011010 100111010001 1101100110 1011011010 101110111 10111110100 1111110 10101011111 110101111010 10111110011 10110111011 11101100110 10011011100 111010101101 101101011110 010110110001 1110111100100 11010101101100 11101011010 11001011011 1111111010 11111011110 110111110 1101101011 1111110111 01011110110 111110110 1110110111 110101111100 110011111101 101010111100 11110110010 1011101111 11111011101 1010110111010 100101110010 1111111100 11101010010 0110111010 111111110001 1011010 1110001110110 11111101 001111011011 1011010011 100111111 11101011101 100111111 1110110110 1101001100110 11111111001 11110011111011 11111110110 01100010100 11111111101 101110111001 110111101111 0111111111 1111111111 111110100111 110110110100 1111111100100 1111010110 101011101111 1110110010 10110110100 111101010 11100010010 111101011010 11001011110 10110100100 111011010 101110011010 0111011011 1111010111 110101011111 0110101101000 10111011010 111010101010 10110100111 11111011010 11001110100 111101011011111 110101011110 111110111 10110011010 0100101011110 101110011101 11101110101111 111110011101 11111011010 110011110110 1111110011 1100110111 10011011010 111101010100 1101111101111 111010111 01010011110 11001001100 11100110010100 101101110100 11111111111 1101011110 11001111000 1110101010010 100111100110 11001011010 1100111001 11001101110 10010111110 110010111101100 1111011001 10101011100 1111001010 11101011110 11001101110 10111001 1100101110100 01011100110 101111011110 11111100110 11101101110 1101110110101 111011110100 111011111101100 11101100010 101111100001 01110011011 11000101110 10111111101 1101111010 11111111101110 11110111111 111100111111 0101010111111 11110110010 110011111110 11110001101 1101111101 1110101011 111110011101 1111110110 1111111110 111011111100 110111011111 10111011111 11011011010 111110111110 1101111100 1101010110 110010100110 011011010110 01111001000110 11111111110011 11010010010 10111011100 11110011010 11011011110 111111110110 11110111010 01111101010 111110110110 111110111011 101011110010 011110111010 1101011110 11011110111 11001110101 1100101111110 1110111011110 111110111010 111110111110 1111111111010 1101010110 1101011010 10111111110 1011011101 1010111011 011011100 10111111100 1100111001100 1100110111 011111111011 11110101111 1011011010 1110100010 10001110001 1011101110100 110111001100 111111010111 1111111010 11011011101 010100111 10101101100 110101010 1101101110110 1111101100 111011111101 10110010010 1111011011 10111010001 0110101101 01011110110 1101110110 11101101110 111010101000 110100110100 110110111100 011101001100 01010011111 11111001010 1011001101000 111110111100 101100111011 01101101011 111011001000 11111101111100 011111110111 111101111011 110111110110 0111010010 100110101110 1011011110110 1100011111 101001110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2079
  • Average number of words per stanza: 374
  • Amount of lines: 396
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; et, la, des, vos, s, en, de, les, que, sans, ses, ces, leurs, pas, un, l, c'est, plus, d'un, vous, si, ce, il, tout, le are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words qui, de, alors, si, l, c'est, il, est are repeated.

    The author used the same word oh 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 s, re, me, ne, e, pas, res, es, te are repeated).

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  • summary of L’invention;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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