This is an analysis of the poem A Madame D. G. De G. that begins with:

Jadis je vous disais : -- Vivez, régnez, Madame !
Le salon vous attend ! le succès vous réclame ! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXXXbbXXXXXXccaXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111010110 0011010111 011011110 10101110110 1101101101110 1011011111010 101101110 1111110111 11110101110 10101111111 11111111011 10111011101 10011111 11100111111 111010110 111100111111 111101110 11110101001 101101101010 111011010110 11110111011 110110101110 1111110111010 1110100001001 11110110100 1011111110 11010111111 10011110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 247
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vous, le, et are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words le, car are repeated.

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  • summary of A Madame D. G. De G.;
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