This is an analysis of Apostrophe To Nature by Victor Marie Hugo.

O Sun! bright face aye undefiled;
O flowers i' the valley blooming wild;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaaa bbcbc ddeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
  • Metre: 111111000 1101010101 10110101 01011101 1100011 110111001 11010101 1111001010 11101111 111110110 110101001 11111111 101100101 110101000 11100101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Anaphora

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