More Strong Than Time by Victor Marie Hugo: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem More Strong Than Time that begins with:

Since I have set my lips to your full cup, my sweet,
Since I my pallid face between your hands have laid, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded dbdbXcaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111011111 111101011111 111111110100 110011110001 1011001011101 010111110100 1111111111111 1101111110111 111101110111 010101011111 111101011111 0111010010011 1111010011010 110111111101 1001100111010 111111011111 110111111101 010101011111 1111110111101 111111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; since, have, my, your, i, of, to, can are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words since, my are repeated.

    The author used the same word since at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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