This is an analysis of the poem J'Eusse Été Citoyen De Quelque République that begins with:

J'eusse été citoyen de quelque république
Songe de Pythagore, oeuvre d'un Dorien, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX XbXb XaXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111000110 101001110 100111110 11111101110 111100101010 10100110111 01110011110 10101011001 11011010101 10101011111 01101110100 11001010011 1101001110 01101110111 1101010110 11001111110 1010101011 011110100100 1111101101111 100001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; le, et are repeated.

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