This is an analysis of the poem Nous Jetâmes L'Ancre, Madame that begins with:
Nous jetâmes l'ancre, Madame,
Devant l'île Bourbon...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX XXXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110 10110 01111111 101101 110100 11111 10101010 10010 110111110 10100 1111101 1010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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