Analysis of The Sign
Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 (Rome) – 1918 (Paris)
I am bound to the King of the Sign of Autumn
Parting I love the fruits I detest the flowers
I regret every one of the kisses that I’ve given
Such a bitter walnut tells his grief to the showers
My Autumn eternal O my spiritual season
The hands of lost lovers juggle with your sun
A spouse follows me it’s my fatal shadow
The doves take flight this evening their last one
| Scheme | ABCBCCDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101101110 101101101010 101100110101110 101011111010 11001011100010 01111010111 0110111101 0111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 374 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 295 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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