This is an analysis of the poem À La Bonne Franquette that begins with:

Des Muses, sur le mont Hymette,
Je ne fus jamais nourrisson ;...

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,9,9,9,1,4,1,8,8,8,1,4,1,8,8
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 149
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 776
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, je, n, en, nous, l, le, vous, est, on, ron, ou, tre are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words je, l, ne, plus, entrons, la are repeated.

    The author used the same word j 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 tre is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words france, peu, reste, enfant, tout, soleil, dieu, e, lilas, joli, ve, amour, vilaine, vers, blanc, papillon, antoine, vie, glige, cadent, soupe, chante, patapon, importance, enterr at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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