This is an analysis of the poem Chanson D'Automne that begins with:

Laisserai-je passer l’automne,
Sans le chanter ?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaaX bXcbXd XcXXdX XbXXXX beXXdX XffXXX XXXXXX XXXXaX XeXbXe XaXXXX XXXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111010 1010 11111110 101111 10 10101010 11010111 1110 11100111 110111 11 111011 11110011 1110 1111111 100011 111 11111011 1010011 1111 101110 110011 1 111111100 11010111 0110 11011011 11001 1 0100110 11001101 111111 1011101 10011 1 11101100 1111011 101 111111 010110 10 111110 111100100 1001 11110111 1101100 11 10111110 11111101110 1011 10110100 111011 10 11111111 11011101 11101 11111101 1111110 11 1111111 1101010 111 0110011 11111 01 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; l is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pas, vin are repeated).

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  • summary of Chanson D'Automne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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