This is an analysis of the poem La Dame Du Palais De La Reine that begins with:

SOPHIE, in shocks of scarlet lace,
Receives her usual embrace ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaccbcaadXeedeffbfggbgddddbbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 01010001 010101010 10010001 10010101 11010101 100101010 10010001 11010111 01010101 010101010 110101000 110010101 110111001 110101010 11000101 00110101 10110101 1100110010 11010101 11010101 01011101 110101010 101111001 01010101 10110111 01011101 11111101 010101010 011101010 01000111 110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 187
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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