This is an analysis of the poem Readings In French that begins with:
1.
Looking into the eyes of Gerard de Nerval...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXaXaXX X XXXb cdcdX X bXXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,4,5,1,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 100001001010 1100101110 10110 1110001001010 1101101011 01011110 1001010100 1 1100001001100 01100101001 10001 1110011011 10001010110 111011111 1011101010 1101111 1011 1 010111110011011 101010 100100001 1011000010110 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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