This is an analysis of The Girl Of Otaheite by Victor Marie Hugo.

Forget? Can I forget the scented breath
Of breezes, sighing of thee, in mine ear;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddE fgfghhbbE eieijjcce
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,
  • Metre: 0111010101 0101001011 0110000101 0101011101 1101001101 1111010101 111111 1001101 1101 1111001101 1001101101 110100101101 1101011111 1011011101 1011011101 110111 101101 1101 0111111101 1101111101 1001110111 1011001111 1011010111 1111111101 111101 010101 1001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

of, my, here, forget

Anaphora

the, here

Epiphora

forget

Anadiplosis

forget