This is an analysis of the poem Le Revenant that begins with:

J’ai lu Pythagore, et souvent
Je me confie...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXAABXC XddeeXXX XXXffXXX XXXXXXXX aXXXaecX XXXAABXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110 1111 1100 1111111 11101 100111011 1011111110 111111111 11111 1101 110011 11110111 1111111101 1101110 1110110110 111011100 1110110 011 111101 10111011 111100101 111011 110111100 1101110 1110110 1101 11110 1110100 1101010 1001110 11101011110 11011100 11111010 11100 11100 111100 1111111 11011011 0111110111 11111000 11100110 1111 1100 1111111 11101 100111011 1011111110 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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  • summary of Le Revenant;
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  • history of its creation;
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