This is an analysis of the poem À Mme Joseph Cauchon that begins with:

Madame, vous aimez l'artiste de génie,
Ce sculpteur inspiré dont le ciseau savant...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 101101001 11010101001 11110011110 01111111100 1101111001010 11001111100 101101101 011010110 01111111111101 1110111101 1101001101011 11010011111 111110111010 11110110 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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; de is repeated.

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  • summary of À Mme Joseph Cauchon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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