Poem Analysis of Dans L'Alcôve Sombre by Victor Marie Hugo for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Dans L'Alcôve Sombre that begins with:

Beau, frais, souriant d'aise à cette vie amère.
Sainte-Beuve ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XX XXXXaabc XbXXXaXX XXXXaXaX XdaXXXXd dXdXXXXX eXXfXXef bXXXaXXa XXXcXXXc XXXXXXXX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 111011110 11 111 111010 1111 01100 101001 1101 1111 1101 11111 11110 01011 1010 110010 1011 11011 11110 1110 11110 1111 10111 11111 1101110 11011 1110 11110 1111 111110 10100 1101 10101 11111 01101 11111 1110 11101 11111 1111 11110 01010 11110 1111 11110 1100 0111 01110 11110 11101 1101 11100 11010 11010 01110 01011 111100 101010 1111 11100 1101 1111010 11100 1101 11011 11111 1111 10011 1010 1101 01100 10110 10110 10110 10110
Amount of stanzas: 10
Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
Average number of words per stanza: 30
Amount of lines: 75
Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 4
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; des, sa are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words il, o, le are repeated.

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Dans L'Alcôve Sombre by Victor Marie Hugo: poem analysis

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