Analysis of The Pity Of Angels

Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)



[LA PITIE SUPREME VIII., 1881.]

When an angel of kindness
Saw, doomed to the dark,
Men framed in his likeness,
He sought for a spark--
Stray gem of God's glory
That shines so serene--
And, falling like lark,
To brighten our story,
Pure Pity was seen.


Scheme X ABABCDBCD
Poetic Form Etheree  (50%)
Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 11011 1110110 11101 110110 11101 111110 11101 01011 1101010 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 249
Words 49
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 9
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Victor Marie Hugo

Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831. Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He was buried in the Panthéon. more…

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