This is an analysis of the poem L'Automne (Lamartine) that begins with:
Salut ! bois couronnés d’un reste de verdure !
Feuillages jaunissants sur les gazons épars !...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cXXX cXXX dXXX bXcX dXdX cXXX XXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011010 10010011101 101011010110 1011011101 111111010101 10011111101 1011011110 111110011 0111110111001 1011111110 110110101010 11111110110 10110100011 1001111010 111101111011 111011111111 1011011110 111111110110 1011101100111 1011100010111 1110100101011 1101010101 110111111011 111011101 11100110111 1100101100110 1111111110 10101111010 11111010111 11101111110 1111111110101 101111110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; d, je, est, si, de, me, au are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words je, peut, la are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of L'Automne (Lamartine);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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