This is an analysis of The Giant In Glee by Victor Marie Hugo.
Ho, warriors! I was reared in the land of the Gauls;
O'er the Rhine my ancestors came bounding like balls…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabX ccXd eeaa eeaa eeff gghh iidd bbeebb aajj ffjj kkhh
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1100111001001 1001111011011 001101101111 1011010111100 111011100101 010110001001 101101111010 011111101101 110011111001 111101111001 111101011001 111011011001 111101011001 111010010101 1111001001011 111001011011 101011010011 111110111001 101011101001 111010101001 1010011001101 111001011011 101111111011 101101101011 111001111111 001111011111 01111001011 101111001101 101001101111 010110101101 111001001001 11001011001 101011001111 011101010101 101101111111 101011010011 111011001111 1010011111011 111110001011 111001111011 111010001111 101111111101 111011001111 1111101010101 001111101111 101001001001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 46
Repeated words/phrases
i, in, and, my
Anaphora
i, and
