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

Captif de l'hiver dans ma chambre
Et las de tant d'espoirs menteurs,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 1111011010 111111010 10110100 1101111 111100 11110101 11101 11011110 111110 001111011 010010111 11110111 11111010 11111111 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

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

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