The First Black Flag by Victor Marie Hugo: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The First Black Flag that begins with:

JOB. Hast thou ne'er heard men say
That, in the Black Wood, 'twixt Cologne and Spire,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccXdccefXffedgahXcahfXXhbebgedeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111 1001110111 010111010010 01010101110 1001110101 01010111001 1100111111 1001011111 01111001001 10100101010 0101000101 1001010111 10001010100 0101001101 1101110111 110001010100 10001011111 1001010111 0101011101 11111100001 0100011101 110101001010 01000100110 0101010101 1101000111 1111010111 1111010101 11010101010 10010011101 010101110010 1111110101 1111110101 1101010001 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1484
  • Average number of words per stanza: 262
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, nor are repeated.

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