This is an analysis of the poem À Un Auteur Hermaphrodite that begins with:

Fée ou démon, magicienne ou sorcier,
Je te maudis de grand cœur et pour cause :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaaXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100110 11110011111 1010111110 110011001 1111100111 1110111111 110100110 1010101100 110011010 11011100 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; baisers is repeated.

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  • summary of À Un Auteur Hermaphrodite;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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