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

Si je perds bien des maîtresses,
J'en fais encor plus souvent,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX aXXaXX XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111100 1111110 11111100 111110010 11111100 11110101 11111110 10111101 11010110 1111110 11010110 1111111 111100 1111111 111011 011100 111011 0110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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  • summary of Chanson;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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