This is an analysis of the poem Ballade Des Cantadors that begins with:

Les Cantadors, malgré l'indifférence
D'un peuple sourd, épris du vil métal,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbXXXXX abXXbXXcdX XbXbXXXXXX XXdcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001100 1111011 111111011 1010011010 101010101 11011011 11001110 0111110110 1110011100 110101100 1110110110 11110100110 1110110110 110111100 11011100 11011110 011101 10111111101 10010110001 110101100 110111 01011001110 111111110 101111101 1100011100 1110101 11111100 11011011 010111001 110101100 10 10101111 11101101101 1111111111 1111111 110101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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