This is an analysis of the poem Mazurka that begins with:

Rien ne captive autant que ce particulier
Charme de la musique où ma langueur s'adore,...

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: 1111010111000 10110111010 1111011010110 1101101001100 1101010101100 1000101110 0110011110 11101110 1100011111 111111101 11101111110 111111111010 010111110010 111101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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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  • summary of Mazurka;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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