This is an analysis of the poem À M. Jean Aicard that begins with:

Ton livre des petits est exquis, cher poète !
Je l'ai lu maintes fois et le relis encor....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXb XXXX XXX XaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11110011011 1111101101011 1111111111 10 100010110001 01101011011 1111101110 110111101 1100101001 1101101111 01110100011 111101101101 11101111 111011110011 1101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of À M. Jean Aicard;
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  • history of its creation;
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