This is an analysis of the poem Je Fus Jadis Hercule, Or Pasquin Je Me Nomme, that begins with:

Je fus jadis Hercule, or Pasquin je me nomme,
Pasquin fable du peuple, et qui fais toutefois ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXXa XXb ccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110101101111 101001111100 01111011111100 11100111101010 1011110101 1110101101 1111111111111 10011001101 11111010111 110010110111 101111101111 11101111111 11110011111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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