A Une Jeune Fille by Victor Marie Hugo: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Une Jeune Fille that begins with:

Vous qui ne savez pas combien l'enfance est belle,
Enfant ! n'enviez point notre âge de douleurs,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XbXb XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011010011 11101101010 101110110110 101011011111 110100111101 111110111111 1111011010 1110111 11111101110 1001010010 11011111100 111100111101 11101101011 1110111100 0111101101 01101110 11001100110 110011110 111010011100 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • 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; est, comme, votre are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, comme, a, riez are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Une Jeune Fille;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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