Autumn Leaves (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jacques Prévert
- First Published: 1947
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Memory, France or French people, Love or romance, Sea or seafaring life, Wind, Seasons, Night, Autumn, Leaves
The Poem
“Autumn Leaves” is a short poem in free verse. Its forty-six lines are divided into four stanzas. The first and third stanzas contain twelve lines each, and the second and fourth stanzas have the same eleven-line refrain. The only punctuation in the entire poem is a period placed at the end of the last line. This almost complete lack of punctuation permits diverse interpretations of many lines because it is not at all clear exactly how one should interpret them. In many cases, two or three different explanations are grammatically possible.
The poem is...
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