This is an analysis of the poem Je Hais Du Florentin L'Usurière Avarice that begins with:

Je hais du Florentin l'usurière avarice,
Je hais du fol Siennois le sens mal arrêté,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa aXXX XXX bbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110100100100 11101100111 1110100111 101011110 111010011111111 11111101100 01100011110 101001111100 111101010110 01101110010 01010011010 1111111110 11111111111010 111111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; du, je, hais, pour, le, et are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words je, le are repeated.

    The author used the same word je at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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