This is an analysis of the poem Dans L'Ombre that begins with:
LE VIEUX MONDE
Ô flot, c'est bien. Descends maintenant. Il le faut. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,27,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011 11101100101 1011111111 110111111110 101101111111 10111111111 111110101011 111010110110 110110111111 1101011100111 100111100 110110101001 1010001111 01101111 1101011100 111111111010 1001111101100 100101011111 111010111010 11111111 100110100101 1011101101 111111110110 11111111100 11011101 111111111110 111100110111 1011100110 01 11111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; si, et, les are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word pourquoi is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines s, tre are repeated).
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- summary of Dans L'Ombre;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Victor Marie Hugo
- Analysis of Aux Arbres
- Analysis of Le Manteau Impérial (The Imperial Mantle)
- Analysis of To Cruel Ocean
