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

Maintenant, plus d'azur clair, plus de tiède haleine,
Plus de concerts dans l'arbre aux lueurs du matin : ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110110110 10101111010 11111110011 11101001100 1101111100 10100111100 11001110010 11101111 01101110010 101001010 0110011010010 10101101 01111111100 110101010010 10111111100 10010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; de, plus, et, le are repeated.

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  • summary of Rayons D'Octobre (Iv);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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