This is an analysis of the poem Au Clos De Notre Amour, L'Été Se Continue that begins with:

Au clos de notre amour, l'été se continue :
Un paon d'or, là-bas, traverse une avenue ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010111010 11111101101 110100 10100100 100101101 1111010 010111001 110011001110 11001101101 010011111001 1111011100 1110101011110 101111010100 111010110 110101110010 10101111000 10110110010 01001101001 1011110011 11110101011 11110111111 1100111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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 Au Clos De Notre Amour, L'Été Se Continue;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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