This is an analysis of the poem Impressions Of Francois-Marie Arouet (De Voltaire) that begins with:

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Phyllidula and the Spoils of Gouvernet...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bXcdedfghehebg XX if fX idcfXc beXXd acjdc XX jb iX eXXdj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,14,2,2,2,6,5,5,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10001010100 110101 11111001010 01101010 1100101101 100010110110 10011 110 11001001010 11110110 11001 1100110101110 11110001 1010010 1100110011100 1 010010 011111101 11101001 011111110 111011001100 010011101 11101000110 0110110101 10101111010110 10111101101 1011101011 111110110 10010 1110110110100 10011 010010010 1010010111 1010011011 1010110110110 101010101110 101111011 1 01010 1101111010 11110110 1101001 1101001 1100110010010 10111111 11001101 01010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, from, etcetera, two, talking are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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