Analysis of Esmeralda In Prison
Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)
[OPERA OF 'ESMERALDA,' ACT IV., 1836.]
Phoebus, is there not this side the grave,
Power to save
Those who're loving? Magic balm
That will restore to me my former calm?
Is there nothing tearful eye
Can e'er dry, or hush the sigh?
I pray Heaven day and night,
As I lay me down in fright,
To retake my life, or give
All again for which I'd live!
Phoebus, hasten from the shining sphere
To me here!
Hither hasten, bring me Death; then Love
May let our spirits rise, ever-linked, above!
Scheme | A AABBXACCAAXXAA |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 101111 101111101 1011 11010101 1101111101 1110101 11011101 1110101 1111101 1111111 1011111 101010101 111 101011111 111010110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 475 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 14 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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