Analysis of Serenade
Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)
When the voice of thy lute at the eve
Charmeth the ear,
In the hour of enchantment believe
What I murmur near.
That the tune can the Age of Gold
With its magic restore.
Play on, play on, my fair one,
Play on for evermore.
When thy laugh like the song of the dawn
Riseth so gay
That the shadows of Night are withdrawn
And melt away,
I remember my years of care
And misgiving no more.
Laugh on, laugh on, my fair one,
Laugh on for evermore.
When thy sleep like the moonlight above
Lulling the sea,
Doth enwind thee in visions of love,
Perchance, of me!
I can watch so in dream that enthralled me,
Never before!
Sleep on, sleep on, my fair one!
Sleep on for evermore.
Scheme | AXAXXBCB DEDEXBCB FGFGGBCB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111101 101 0010101001 11101 10110111 111001 1111111 11110 111101101 111 10111101 0101 10101111 001011 1111111 11110 11110101 1001 11101011 0111 1111011011 1001 1111111 11110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 649 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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