This is an analysis of The First Black Flag by Victor Marie Hugo.
JOB. Hast thou ne'er heard men say
That, in the Black Wood, 'twixt Cologne and Spire,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abccXdccefXffedgahXcahfXXhbebgedeX
- Stanza lengths: 34,
- Metre: 1111111 1001110111 010111010010 01010101110 1001110101 01010111001 1100111111 1001011111 01111001001 10100101010 0101000101 1001010111 10001010100 0101001101 1101110111 110001010100 10001011111 1001010111 0101011101 11111100001 0100011101 110101001010 01000100110 0101010101 1101000111 1111010111 1111010101 11010101010 10010011101 010101110010 1111110101 1111110101 1101010001 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
of, nor
Anaphora
a, nor
