Les Djinns

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Les Djinns is a celebrated poem by Victor Hugo that vividly depicts a supernatural invasion through its innovative, rhythmically intensifying structure.

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instanceOf poem
author Victor Hugo NERFINISHED
collectionPublicationYear 1829
countryOfOrigin France
featuresEntity djinns
firstPublicationYear 1829
firstPublishedIn Les Orientales NERFINISHED
formalCharacteristic rhythmically intensifying structure
use of assonance and alliteration
variable line lengths
genre lyric poetry
narrative poem
hasAdaptation musical settings
recitation performances
hasAuthorNationality French
hasCharacter first-person narrator
hasCriticalReception noted for its onomatopoeic effects
praised for technical virtuosity
hasImagery auditory imagery
visual imagery of swarming spirits
hasInfluenced French prosodic experimentation
hasMeter variable syllable counts per line
hasNumberOfStanzas 15
hasOriginalLanguageTitle Les Djinns NERFINISHED
hasOriginalTitle Les Djinns NERFINISHED
hasSubjectMatter spirits encircling and invading a dwelling
hasTone from calm to terror to relief
hasVerseForm rhymed stanzas
includedIn French school curricula
inspiredBy Middle Eastern folklore
isAnthologizedIn anthologies of Romantic poetry
collections of Victor Hugo’s poetry
isStudiedIn French literature courses
language French
literaryMovement Romanticism
literaryReputation celebrated for its innovative prosody
considered a tour de force of French versification
metricalStructure stanza length increases then decreases
movementWithinWork crescendo and decrescendo of sound
narrativeMotif supernatural invasion
partOf Les Orientales NERFINISHED
publisherOfFirstEdition Gosselin NERFINISHED
setting a house besieged by spirits
theme fear
mystery
supernatural
the unknown

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Les Orientales notablePoem Les Djinns