This is an analysis of the poem Exil that begins with:
Si je pouvais voir, ô patrie,
Tes amandiers et tes lilas, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXX XbcX XXXX aXXX cdXX XdXX XbXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101100 11001110 110111 1 11110111 111111111 1110101 1 10110111 111101101 1110111 1 111101010 1111100 1000111 1 111101 1111011 11110011 1 10111111 111101 1110111110 1 1001111 11111011 11101101 01111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; je is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word comme is repeated.
The author used the same word si at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word las at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Exil;
- 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 Hier Au Soir
- Analysis of Hier, La Nuit D'Été, Qui Nous Prêtait Ses Voiles
- Analysis of Bêtise De La Guerre
