Analysis of L'Adieu

Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 (Rome) – 1918 (Paris)



J'ai cueilli ce brin de bruyère
L'automne est morte souviens-t'en
Nous ne nous verrons plus sur terre
Odeur du temps Brin de bruyère
Et souviens-toi que je t'attends


Scheme ABCAD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 11111111 1011111 11111110 1111111 11111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 171
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 130
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 31, 2023

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Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire was an Italian-born French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic born in Rome, in Italy, to a Polish mother. more…

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