This is an analysis of the poem Les Mois/Décembre that begins with:

Sur un char paresseux, le soleil tristement
Se lève, enveloppé d’un sombre vêtement....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXX bXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXXdXXXXXXXeXfXXXddXgXXXXXXhXXXXXXXXcXXh XXcXiccaXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXjcXfaXXXXkiXXXdXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXlXaXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXaXdXfXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXaXXXXXXXXXXaXXmnXXXXX cXjXXXXaXXXXXXXXXcXXXi XnXXXXXXXlXXXXXXXaXXm XXXXla
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,58,41,84,22,21,42,61,22,18,122,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100001100 1111001110 110110011 1100011010 01011111101 1111011111110 11111100011 011111011110 0111011010100 10011110011 0100101001100 1101101011100 10001001010 1011111000 1011010010 1011010110011 1011110110 011111010001 1101111100010 10101111101100 11001111011 1100111110 110101110100 1100010110 1101001100 10011001100 1111001001 110011011110 100101110110 111011110 100110101110 101111110011 1111101110 10100111101 1101001110 1101101110 11111111100 01111111 11011000110 110100101100 111101110100 1111110101110 01111011010 11101011110 11101011010 111111111110 11011111111 1110011110 1111101011 11010010101 01110010010 01011111010 100111011110 1010101001 01111110110 01010010110 1011010110 1111011011110 1011100111 101111010 1011100100110 1111010110 110111101011 100111110 101111100 11111010 11001110100 101111110 11011001100 111101110 1111101010 1010010111101 101010110110 110011010 1110101011010 10100111010 11011011101 110101101 11110110011 101111011001 10111101101 1111111111 0110011001 1101111001100 11001011010 10011001010 1101101111 11011010111 1011011110 010101110010 101110101 11011010101 101111101 11010011101 1011110111 111011010 11111101000 010110101100 101010110010 1000101101 101111111 100111110011 100001100010 110110111 011110011 111101111 1111001010 11011110011 11111110001 11100110 11011000110 101100110011 1111111111 10010111111 1111110110010 1101101111000 110101101110 1100111110 11101101100 0111001110 11101101101 111010110 1101011110100 110111110110 110100111100 111100110100 11011011111 1111110011 1110111011 1101110101 111111010 111011011 0110101110 10101110110 111101001110 1111100111 11111101111 11111111010 1101110100 10010011111 11101111011 11110100110 111111111110 101010100110 101010110110 1011011010 1101001111100 1011010110100 111101111 011010101011 11110010111 10010011011 111101110011 11011111001 11110111101110 1111101111100 10101101001 100111110 111101100100 101111001100 1101101110 11010101 1000101111 1101111101 101110111010 1101110110 11111011 101011111111 1011011110 11110110110 1111111101 101101001101 11100110110 1111101011 111111111010 110111110 1110110110110 1110100101 1101110110110 111010011 1111111110110 110111101110 111101011000 111111111100 1111101111 1011011011 1110011101111 10110111110 0111011110 011101110 11011110110 11110011101 1101111010 11011111 1111111111 101101111 111011110 110110110110 1111001110 101011101 11001011111 10010011101 111000111110 111111111 111110100110 10011110010 1011100110 1101110111 10111010110 1111111111 0110101010 110111010111 1011111110 11110110010 0111011111 11101111110 1101111110 011111111101 1101111101000 11111111011100 111110101101110 01001011011 11100111001 1101001110 111000010101 10001001100 1110011010 1111111110 11100110011 111011010 11111011110 0111111110 0110001010 1000111111 1011111011 110110100111 1010111101 1010100101 11111011011 11011010110 101100100100 110010111011 1010100100111 111110110010 11101100111110 1111011110 101001101100 11111010110 11111110011 101101101010 111110101100 111111111000 11100111110 10010111011 1001110111110 1111010100011 11101101110100 10111001111 111101111 1101010010 1010101111010 11110011110 101110100110 1111011100 1011101110 1011001110 10110111100 11111010101 1110110110 10111101100 1100111100100 1101001101100 11001011011 1100111101 110111111 11011110010 11110111110 1111011110 1110101110100 10110011001 1111110011 10110111110 110110100010 111101011011 100111100011 110111011111 110101010 01111111110 1101110110 111100110101 1111111111 11101101 111111101111 110100110010 11101011110 110111011 10011011100 10000111110 11110001111 101101110 111100010100 10111011110 11011111110 10100010110 1111011111 1111011110 11101010 110111111 1101111000 10110101100 101011111010 1111011010 01011001011 01101010010 010010110 1111101001110 1111101111 1101101111 010111100110 1010011110 1001110110 111011011110 01110110001 1111001010 111001101001 100110101 11111101010 1110110011 1110110110 1101001001 11100110100 11111100101101 111011110111 11100111111 110010101 0011101011 1111101111 1111010011 10011011111 011101110 1111011110 10101111110 11000110011 1110011101 01101100010 11111111010 1111111111110 11001010010 11011101 01001011010 1011011100 11101111101 111101111011 100011011101 010101111110 1101101010011 10011010111 1010011111 11010111101 111011111101 10011011110 1001011100 0111101011100 10110111100 101111111010 1110111110 10111010110 101110100110 1110011110 1101011111010 1110011101 01111110010 1011011101 110111011 011110100011 1111001101 111111111 010101011 11011111010 01101011011 111111110 11001110110 101111110100 11100111011 110110110111 101001111110 110111100 1110111001100 11110111100 11100111000 1110100101 111001100011 101111100 11111110100 111001110 1111111010 11110100110 11110111 110101011100 1010111111100 1101110011 11101110100 100101111110 1101001101 11011011100 11101101110 11101101100 1100111101 111001011010 1111111100 1111111011100 1101111100 0110111100110 110111010 11110111100 0111011011 110110011110 1110111100 1010011101 1010111111 110111100110 11010111110 10010011100 1110111110 100010011100 11100100111 1010111110 010010101101 1011001110 11111110100 101101101111 11101111111 11010010011 10010111011 110100111100 1001111111100 1101110110 110101010010 111101010010 11111100110 1011111011 1011011110 10110110111 111111011100 1101001101 111101101 11111111 11101001111 101111110 101101101110 11111011011 1011111110 11111100010 11010011010 0101101001100 01010011100 101110011011 10110010111 1001111011 0110101011 110010111010 110110110100 1001101101000 111110110100 1111010110 10110010110 10110111100 101111101 11110111100 110111111011 111110110010 10010110111 11111111 0101101001 1011001011100 01010111000 1111110111 11001010110 111101110 111111101 11010110110 111110101111 1110110101 1110111110 1111110110 011110011110 100110111110 111010110 011110101 0111011000 110010101011 10010011101 0101110011 110111100111 1101111010 1110101110 0111110110 11111110010 1111110110 111011111100 011101011 110011100011 0101110100 101000111 110100111100 11011101110 11111111011 01011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 416
  • Amount of lines: 508
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, vos, vous, s, t, la, le, les, l, des, d, je, ma, et, sans, un, qui, e, dans, nous, ces are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words est, vous, c, les, le, l, j, fuyez, o, de, nous are repeated.

    The author used the same word ah at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bres, s, re, te, e, me, sent, nes, ge, de, tre, jour, toile, es, pas, ve, res are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases vous, s connect the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Les Mois/Décembre;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Jean-Antoine Roucher