This is an analysis of the poem Commencement D'Une Illusion that begins with:

Il pleut ; la brume est épaissie ;
Voici novembre et ses rougeurs ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX aXaX XXXX XXXX XXbX XXcX XXXX cXXX XXXc XXXb XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 10101110 1101001 1111110 1010111 10100101 11001011 01011010 1100111 0111011 0101011 1011111 01111011 1110010 1101011 10101010 11101110 1001011 11111101 1011011 11010011 11101100 111011101 1011101 11101100 11110011 111111 1100110 111000101 1111111 11111110 1101001 111111 11111110 110111 1101110 10101110 1101111 10111111 11110101 1101110 11010111 10101111 11101010 101111 1101111 1100100 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; adieu, de, des are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Commencement D'Une Illusion;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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