This is an analysis of the poem Hypocrite Auteur that begins with:

mon semblable, mon frère
(1) ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabb ccdde eaabbffeeXb bddggaa Xhhaaiie eejj aadd dkka a Xlleemmeeee ddaajjbb Xlll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,11,7,8,4,4,4,1,11,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 1 1101001001010 010100010 1101010001 0101011101 11111 110101001 0011000101 1011101001 11010001 110101001 01011001010 101110101010 1011010101 1101111111 10101010 100110010 1111010001 0111010101 1 0111010011 1101111101 11001001101 1010101 1101010101 1101010011 01001110011 1101 1 01110101 11110101 11110001 10001010111 011011010 10110101010 010001001 10010100101 01010101 1101110101 11000100010001 1101010111 01010101 0101010011 1111010101 1011110101 0100111101 11110111101 1101011111 0001001111 1 1111 0111010100 011101110010 01 110100110 010001110 1000101 11110101 0101001101 010100 01001100111 1111010101 0100110001 0101000111 11000101 1001 01001 1111000101 1001010101 110001001 0101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, all, where, and, the are repeated.

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