Analysis of The Girl Of Otaheite
Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)
Forget? Can I forget the scented breath
Of breezes, sighing of thee, in mine ear;
The strange awaking from a dream of death,
The sudden thrill to find thee coming near?
Our huts were desolate, and far away
I heard thee calling me throughout the day,
No one had seen thee pass,
Trembling I came. Alas!
Can I forget?
Once I was beautiful; my maiden charms
Died with the grief that from my bosom fell.
Ah! weary traveller! rest in my loving arms!
Let there be no regrets and no farewell!
Here of thy mother sweet, where waters flow,
Here of thy fatherland we whispered low;
Here, music, praise, and prayer
Filled the glad summer air.
Can I forget?
Forget? My dear old home must I forget?
And wander forth and hear my people weep,
Far from the woods where, when the sun has set,
Fearless but weary to thy arms I creep;
Far from lush flow'rets and the palm-tree's moan
I could not live. Here let me rest alone!
Go! I must follow nigh,
With thee I'm doomed to die,
Never forget!
Scheme | axaxbbccD efefgghhD didijjkkd |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111010101 1101011011 01110111 0101111101 10101000101 1111010101 111111 1001101 1101 1111001101 1101111101 110100101101 111101011 1111011101 111101101 110101 101101 1101 0111111101 0101011101 1101110111 1011011111 111100111 1111111101 111101 111111 1001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 954 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 249 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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