This is an analysis of the poem Moeurs Contemporaines that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbXcXXddeefXX XXXegXh Xi gbfhdXjccff XX bbeklhX XX Xfaddcf aX XjjXXlXgmn fefncm XfmkgehmcXe ok aX XcXf d XX Xb cbhX hocXXh XkbX giL XiL bnf XX HkXXHlnlaaXfXXgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,13,7,2,11,2,7,2,7,2,10,6,11,2,2,4,1,2,2,4,6,4,3,3,3,2,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10101 10100100100010110110 01101001011010101 110111010 0110101101001000 010000 1100101010110010 11010010 111100010 1010110 001011001 11011010 11010100 1 010110010 10101010110 10001101 0010010010010 11010110 110100001 1 10 1011100100100 00011010 111010010 01001110 0101001010 01011010000 11101001 111010010 110110 00100110100 101010111 1 1 01101010110 11010110 11010110010010 110100101011010010 01010010 01 1001101 1 1111 10101 01101101001010 1010110101 0100010010 001100 10100 11101 1 10101 1 101011100101 010110101 00110101 1111010100 100101 110 00010 11101 10 110110010 011010111 01011010 010111011 01001010 1001011101 1 100100100 1001011111 110111101 010001001000 1011110001 1110001010110 1011011 1011010 101001010 1011001010001 111010011 100100001 1 1 1000100 110100010110 1101010100 1110100011 1010 1 110 10111 011010010 111111001 0011010 11011011 101110100110 111 110010010 01101101010 111011110 111010111100 101111101 1010110111110 11011010 1111110 111011100 111110110 0110010 1011010 111110110100 0001011010 1011010 11010010 100010010 101010010 1 100 111 110101010 111010010 11111011100 111 1100111 1111111010 1100111 1111 111111 11111010010 111011110 101010010 11010110 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 134
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; of, in, her, that, and, its, ' are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words mr, her, and, a, the, ' are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines children, verses, photograph, ', i are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word them at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase her connects the lines.

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