This is an analysis of the poem Epoque Perpétuelle that begins with:

Inscriptions cunéiformes,
Vous conteniez la vérité ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101000 110011 111100111 111011 10001010 100111 11011110 111000110 1010110 10010010 1100111 11111111 01111 11001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Epoque Perpétuelle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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