Analysis of Sea Song of the Exiles
Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)
Dear land, farewell!
Waves surge and swell.
Dear land, farewell, --
Blue sky!
Farewell, white cot whence the ripe grapes fall,
Gold blooms that bask on the mossy wall!
Dear land, farewell!
Hill, plain, and dell!
Dear land, farewell, --
Blue sky!
Dear land, farewell!
Waves surge and swell.
Dear land, farewell, --
Blue sky!
Farewell, betrothed, with the pure, pale brow;
'Neath sombre heaven dark billows we plough.
Dear land, farewell!
In thee our loves dwell;
Dear land, farewell, --
Blue sky!
Dear land, farewell!
Waves surge and swell.
Dear land, farewell, --
Blue sky!
Our eyes, whose tears all brightness blot,
Leave the dark wave for a darker lot!
Dear land, farewell!
In our heart's a knell.
Dear land, farewell, --
Blue sky!
Scheme | AAAB cc AaAB AAAB dd AaAB AAAB ee AaAB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (83%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 111 1101 111 11 11110111 11111011 111 1101 111 11 111 1101 111 11 1110111 111011011 111 011011 111 11 111 1101 111 11 101111101 101110101 111 010101 111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 720 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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