This is an analysis of the poem Quand Je Vois Ces Messieurs, Desquels L'Autorité that begins with:

Quand je vois ces messieurs, desquels l'autorité
Se voit ores ici commander en son rang, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXaX XXX XXX
  • 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: 111110110100 111110010111 1110010011 111011100 111011110 1111011101 1001110101 111010111 110111101011111 011011010111 1001111110 100110101010 101101011010 1110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

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  • summary of Quand Je Vois Ces Messieurs, Desquels L'Autorité;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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