Analysis of June Nights
Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)
In summer, when day has fled, the plain covered with flowers
Pours out far away an intoxicating scent;
Eyes shut, ears half open to noises,
We only half sleep in a transparent slumber.
The stars are purer, the shade seems pleasanter;
A hazy half-day colours the eternal dome;
And the sweet pale dawn awaiting her hour
Seems to wander all night at the bottom of the sky.
Scheme | XXXA AXAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011110110110 11101101001 111110110 110110001010 011100111 01011100101 00111010010 1110111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 370 |
Words | 69 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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