This is an analysis of the poem Réponse À Une Invitation that begins with:

Sur l’adresse de cette lettre,
Quelle erreur fit tomber mon nom ?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaabXB XcXcXXXB dXdXXbXB XXXXXbXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 11011011 011111110 11010101 1111011 1110001 111110110 111110111 11110010 1110110 1101110 1111100 11111100 1001110 10100111110 111110111 101110010 1101110 11101110 1111010 11111100 1111110 110111100 111110111 111011 1111011 111011 100110 1101011 110110 1110011 111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 Réponse À Une Invitation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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