Pauca meae
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Pauca meae is a deeply personal and elegiac section of Victor Hugo’s poetry collection *Les Contemplations*, in which he mourns the death of his daughter Léopoldine.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
elegiac poetry
ⓘ
poetry cycle ⓘ section of a poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Victor Hugo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionBySameAuthor |
La Légende des siècles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Les Châtiments NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Léopoldine Hugo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | En marche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | metrical poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
elegy
ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLatin | Pauca meae ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | death of Léopoldine Hugo ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
death of a child
ⓘ
father–daughter relationship ⓘ grief ⓘ mourning ⓘ |
| meter | French alexandrine ⓘ |
| notablePoem |
Demain, dès l’aube
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elle avait pris ce pli ⓘ Ô souvenirs! printemps! aurore! ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | 17 ⓘ |
| partOf | Les Contemplations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInCollection | book 4 of Les Contemplations ⓘ |
| precededBy | Les luttes et les rêves ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1856 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism ⓘ |
| titleMeaningInEnglish | A few [verses] for my own ⓘ |
| workPeriod | exile of Victor Hugo ⓘ |
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