This is an analysis of the poem Le Chat Et Le Miroir that begins with:

Philosophes hardis, qui passez votre vie
A vouloir expliquer ce qu'on n'explique pas,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXbXXbXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001011011 010100110101 10101111 1101111 1110010 11100110 11011011011 1011101 10110111111 10111011100 111011 111110101111 1111011100 1010101111 101010111110 110110111011 10110010 10101010 10011110111 10011011110 0111110 1110111 11110111111 10110010 11011011011110 11010110110 1101101011 1111001 111011011110 111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 222
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; il is repeated.

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  • summary of Le Chat Et Le Miroir;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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