This is an analysis of the poem Lied Fantasque that begins with:

Casqués de leurs shakos de riz,
Vieux de la vieille au mousquet noir,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXXa XaX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10011001 10111101 11111001 1011010 11010100 10111 1011010 11011011 1010110 101110001 111011 11101011 11100101 1100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

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