This is an analysis of the poem Bouche-Mignonne that begins with:

BOUCHE-MIGNONNE lived in the mill,
Past the vineyards shady,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeaF cgcX hchc ibib jkjk efef kgkX lflf lili mlml nlnl iaia LblX ilil llll igig XXjX hbhb aeaF Lala gggg ifiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 101010 1011101 1001010 1010101 101010 1010101 101010 1111101 100011 1010101 111110 11000111 001010 1111111 101010 1100111 101010 10010101 1010010 1011101 001010 1011101 001110 1011101 100010 1011101 111010 1011111 0010010 1010101 101010 11000111 1010110 01010111 101010 1100101 101110 1010111 101010 1010101 101110 1010111 101010 1010101 111010 0011111 101110 1010101 1000010 1110101 111010 1011111 001110 1011111 1001110 11000101 111010 1110111 111010 1101111 001110 1010111 101010 1010111 101010 1010111 101110 0011101 101110 1010011 101110 1111101 101110 1011111 1000110 1011101 101010 1010101 111110 1011101 001011 10101001 111110 11000101 111110 0011111 111010 1111111 111110 1010101 0101010 1100101 1001010 1011101 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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