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

L’été n’a pas été tenable.
Il fit une chaleur du diable....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXa XXXXXX XXXbbX XXXXXX XXXXXa XXXXXX XXXXXX ccXXXX XXXXca XXcXXX XXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100 1111001 1100110 1111111 1111100 11111110 101111100 110110100 111101101 110011 1110101111 1111010 001101100 11011100 1111100 110110100 10111110 10111100 11010110 11110111 10111110 11011001 1101100 11010010 101110010 111111111 1110110 111011100 11100110 11111111 1111010 00110110 11100010 11110100 1100110 1010110 1100111 1111111010 10111100 0111011 1011010 11011000 1011011 11001 01101111 11011011 11011 1111101 111010100 10110100 111001 111010 011011 110111 101111110 11111101 1011001 1111100 111101 0111011 11001100 101111000 11011110 1001111 11001111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words il, les are repeated.

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

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

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

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