The Lover’s Colloquy by Victor Marie Hugo: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Lover’s Colloquy that begins with:

[HERNANI, Act V.]
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccddeeffggfXaaaa hh ddib ibb ddjjX XfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,18,2,4,3,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10011 1101000101 0011000101 0101110101 1101010001 0101010001 1101110101 11111101101 1100100101011 11010110101 1101010001 1101100101 1101011101 10111110101 1011010110 11010010001 0101010101 1011111101 0111111111 1001111011101 011001001001 1011011010101 1101010101 0111010101 1001 1010111 1111010001 0011000101 1011111010001 0100010101 0101110111 0101110101 1101010 1010010101100 1101111010 11110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Lover’s Colloquy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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