This is an analysis of the poem Spencer Wood. À Mlles Letellier De Saint-Just. that begins with:

En amont de Québec, on fait la découverte
D'un pavillon tout blanc coquettement posé...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX 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: 11001011110 11001110001 1111111110 111110101110 11111110101 1100111101 11010111100 1110111010 1010101010100 1010011010100 1101011010 1101100111 10111001111 111011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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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