This is an analysis of the poem Albertus, Iv that begins with:

Dans ce bourg autrefois vivait, dit la chronique,
Une méchante femme ayant nom Véronique ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100101110 11110110 1011001111 1010100110010 1001101101010 1010111111 1111110010 1111110111 1010011000 1001011110100 1111111100010 1000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 562
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; des, de are repeated.

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  • summary of Albertus, Iv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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