Analysis of Beloved Name
Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)
The lily's perfume pure, fame's crown of light,
The latest murmur of departing day,
Fond friendship's plaint, that melts at piteous sight,
The mystic farewell of each hour at flight,
The kiss which beauty grants with coy delay,--
The sevenfold scarf that parting storms bestow
As trophy to the proud, triumphant sun;
The thrilling accent of a voice we know,
The love-enthralled maiden's secret vow,
An infant's dream, ere life's first sands be run,--
The chant of distant choirs, the morning's sigh,
Which erst inspired the fabled Memnon's frame,--
The melodies that, hummed, so trembling die,--
The sweetest gems that 'mid thought's treasures lie,
Have naught of sweetness that can match HER NAME!
Low be its utterance, like a prayer divine,
Yet in each warbled song be heard the sound;
Be it the light in darksome fanes to shine,
The sacred word which at some hidden shrine,
The selfsame voice forever makes resound!
O friends! ere yet, in living strains of flame,
My muse, bewildered in her circlings wide,
With names the vaunting lips of pride proclaim,
Shall dare to blend the _one_, the purer name,
Which love a treasure in my breast doth hide,--
Must the wild lay my faithful harp can sing,
Be like the hymns which mortals, kneeling, hear;
To solemn harmonies attuned the string,
As, music show'ring from his viewless wing,
On heavenly airs some angel hovered near.
Scheme | ABAAB CDCXD EFEEF GHGGH FIFFI JXJJX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 010111111 0101010101 11111111 0101111011 0111011101 0101110101 1101010101 0100110111 01011101 1101111111 0111010101 1101001011 01001111001 0101111101 1111011101 11110010101 1011011101 110101111 0101111101 01101011 1111010111 110100011 110111101 1111010101 1101001111 1011110111 1101110101 1101000101 110111111 11001110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,351 |
Words | 239 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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