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

Le givre étincelant, sur les carreaux gelés,
Dessine des milliers d'arabesques informes ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX aXaX XXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0110011101 101101000100 01111110010 0101001010 1111111001 011011011100 110111011111 1010111111 110101110100 10100110100 01111110010 1011110010 1110010111000 101100101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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