This is an analysis of The Lover’s Sacrifice by Victor Marie Hugo.

[HERNANI, Act II.]

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X a bbccddeeaa b ffXXbbeeee X Xeggbb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,1,10,1,10,1,6,
  • Metre: 10011 101010111 10001010100111 1011110111 1101011111 11111100101 1111110101 1101001111 0101010101 0101100111 1101011101 1101010111 10111110 1001101100010 01110101110 100010110101 0111010001 1110010111 1111010001 10011010101 1101110001 1111011111 1101010101 10111101 10011011 00110101101 11110011101 1101110101 1011011111 1111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 31

Repeated words/phrases

my, have, go, i

Anaphora

the, i