This is an analysis of the poem De Même Que Rousseau Jadis Fondait En Pleurs that begins with:

De même que Rousseau jadis fondait en pleurs
À ces seuls mots : « Voilà de la pervenche en fleurs, »...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101101011 1111011011 11110101010111 11110011010 11000111010 1101101001 1100101010110 111011111011 1101011111111 1111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 484
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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