Elle Est Gaie Et Pensive; Elle Nous Fait Songer by Victor Marie Hugo: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Elle Est Gaie Et Pensive; Elle Nous Fait Songer that begins with:

Elle est gaie et pensive ; elle nous fait songer
À tout ce qui reluit malgré de sombres voiles,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111011110 1111010101 111010111010 10111011111111 10111111111 111111111 11110110 10011010010 10111110111 100110111011 11011111110 11111111011010 101111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 656
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • 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, de are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word et is repeated.

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  • summary of Elle Est Gaie Et Pensive; Elle Nous Fait Songer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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