This is an analysis of The Son In Old Age by Victor Marie Hugo.

Thy noble face, Regina, calls to mind
My poor lost little one, my latest born.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbcddaecfgagXdfdfhddXiXhei
  • Stanza lengths: 27,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1111011101 11010101010 111001011001 1001010111 1101110100 1111011001 1101110111 1011110111 1111111110 1101011111 1111111101 1101111111 1011111111 1111111011 111101010100 1111111101 01100111110 1111010101 0101101111 0101110101 1111010011 1011011111 1101111101 1101010011 11011110101 10111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 27

Repeated words/phrases

my, it, and, i, him

Anaphora

i