Ah! C'Est Un Rêve! Non! Nous N'Y Consentons Point by Victor Marie Hugo: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ah! C'Est Un Rêve! Non! Nous N'Y Consentons Point that begins with:

Ah ! c'est un rêve ! non ! nous n'y consentons point.
Dresse-toi, la colère au coeur, l'épée au poing, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111001 111111111 111111110 11001010111 1101111111 110010111010 10111011011100 1101110101010 11101100111 011101101 101101111110 11110101110 11111101 110111101 1111011110 100111101 101110111100 11111111000 110011110110 101101101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1014
  • Average number of words per stanza: 182
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; et, s, les are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sert, s are repeated).

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  • summary of Ah! C'Est Un Rêve! Non! Nous N'Y Consentons Point;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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