Hymne by Victor Marie Hugo: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Hymne that begins with:

Ceux qui pieusement sont morts pour la patrie
Ont droit qu'à leur cercueil la foule vienne et prie....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX XABXAX XXXXXX XABXAX XXXXaX XABXAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001111100 11111011111 1011111101011 111111111 111011 111110111110 110110 1111111 11011011 1100110 11011010 11101111 1111110110010 101101111 11001011111 110111011000 1100100 10010110111 110110 1111111 11011011 1100110 11011010 11101111 10101111111 111011111111 11111111100 11111110111 1111011 111111011 110110 1111111 11011011 01100110 11011010 11101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • 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; aux, la, de, gloire are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, tombe are repeated).

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

  • summary of Hymne;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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