Napoleon by Victor Marie Hugo: poem analysis

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

Angel or demon! thou,—whether of light
The minister, or darkness—still dost sway...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcbcc dbdXXbbbb ceceefeff ggggXdXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011001 0100110111 0101110101 1111010001 0110110111 1101110111 1111000101 1101101101 100111110100 11001010101 00111101000 10110100101 010001100 11001010100 101001010111 1111011101 1111001001 011101111101 1101010101 10010100010 1110000101 01000111010 100110101010 1101010111 01110001010 1001011101 010111111101 1001110001 1101010101 110101011 1011011101 0101110110 0101011101 0111010110 01011011010 1100011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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