This is an analysis of the poem L'Automne A Dénudé... that begins with:

L'automne a dénudé les glèbes et le soir.
Un soir d'exil et de mains désunies, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 100111101 111010110 1010011100 110111010 1011111111110 1100101110 11110101100 10001111110 1101111111110 1111111010 1101011100 110010111010 1101001101 1010101101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; d, et, les are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase les connects the lines.

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  • summary of L'Automne A Dénudé...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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