This is an analysis of the poem Remerciement Au Roi that begins with:

Votre paresse enfin me scandalise,
Ma Muse ; obéissez-moi :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXXXX XXXXXXabcacXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXX daXXXcXcXXeXXfXeXXeXXXX cbXcXXXggXXd XXXXXXXXXXXhXXhXbXXXXXfXXdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,28,23,12,28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101100 111001 11110110 1011001 110110 1110111 0101111 00100011010 11111110 10111 10110100110 10111111 11010110111 111110111 1110110 111011101 1001111010 110110111011 101011110 1001101011 111001 1010111110 10101110 110111100 01011010110 11001011 11011101111 1111 10110010 111000 101010011110 1110100 10011101100 11111010 11101111 0110111 01110101 11000 1101111010 100111 01101 111111 11111 1001110 101111 111110 111101 11111100 1010101111 1011111100100 100110101010 10101001 111001 1111110 01111000 110011111100 11101110 101011 01011110101 10100111 110110011010 111011 11101111101 110011111001 1111110 111000111 11110001010 11101100 10010100 1001110 1100110 11100 11110100 10101100 110101 110101101110 11001011110 11011111 111010111110 1011011101 1010111 11111110100 10011101110 111110110 11101010100 111011101 11010101000 11111100 111100111101 11110101 11100111 101100110100 1101110 11110111101 11110011 11010011010 1100101111010 1111010010 111111111010 1100111 1101110 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 738
  • Average number of words per stanza: 132
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; vous is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word de is repeated.

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  • summary of Remerciement Au Roi;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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