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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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