This is an analysis of the poem Crépuscule Rustique that begins with:

La profondeur du ciel occidental s'est teinte
D'un jaune paille mûre et feuillage rouillé,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001101011 11111101 111111111 001111101110 1100111010100 011101111110 1111100101100 10110111100 11101111100 010110100001 01101101 110110010 1110010110 111111111 101010101 01111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 739
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; la is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word le is repeated.

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

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