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

Les feuilles des bois sont rouges et jaunes ;
La forêt commence à se dégarnir ;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX 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: 11011110110 11011110 1111110110 0011001101 10101111110 11111011110 1111011101 1111010100 10110101100 111011100 1111010110 1011011100 11011111000 1011110111 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

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

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

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