This is an analysis of the poem Le Satyre Et La Flute that begins with:

Toi, de Mopsus ami! Non loin de Bérécynthe,
Certain satyre, un jour, trouva la flûte sainte...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXaaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101101 10101110111 1101011010 01101111 1101001011 11001111010 1111011111 1001110111110 110011111011 0110111111 1111111111 01111111101 1001111111 11010101010 11111111110101 1111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 752
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; de, et, les are repeated.

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  • summary of Le Satyre Et La Flute;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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