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

Aux pans du ciel l'hiver drape un nouveau décor ;
Au firmament l'azur de tons roses s'allume ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XXXa 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: 11011011111 110010011010 11101111111 1101011011011 11110011111 111101110001 110001101110 101101111 1110110101 010100110110 101010101010 011111010100 11110110100 101011100110 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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