This is an analysis of The Sower by Victor Marie Hugo.

Sitting in a porchway cool,
Fades the ruddy sunlight fast,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca bdbd efefXbcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1000101 1010111 1110101 10101101 1110101 1110101 1011101 1011101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1010101 0111101 0010101 1010111 1010101 1010011 1101101 1010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20