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 |
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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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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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