This is an analysis of the poem Automne Malade that begins with:

Automne malade et adoré
Tu mourras quand l'ouragan soufflera dans les roseraies...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXaXaXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 110110010011100 11101 1110 110 11101110 0110110 1101 11010 11101001101110 11101 1100100 1111 1111011110 111011011 01111110 1011011011 110 101 11 11 11 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 577
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; les is repeated.

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

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