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

Sois le bienvenu, rouge Automne,
Accours dans ton riche appareil,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010110 10111100 1001010 1111110 1110011 1110110 10010110 10111100 11111 101110 11110001 10110010 10010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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