This is an analysis of the poem Rayons D'Octobre (Iii) that begins with:

Écoutez : c'est le bruit de la joyeuse airée
Qui, dans le poudroîment d'une lumière d'or, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXbX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXa XXXX cXXXXbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101101 1101001101 1011011111 11101101100 1101101110 11110010010 1110110011 1111011010 110001101100 1100101011 110111100100 111110111010 1110101111 11111100100 1111111110 11101111100 111101011110 111011101 1111011101 1111110011 1110011101 11011110 1011011110 111010001 011011000100 1011010010 01110110001 11111010010 11110111101 100101110101 1101101011 1011111011 111100111 11010111101 0101101111 1111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; le, les, en, la, et are repeated.

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

  • summary of Rayons D'Octobre (Iii);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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