Victor Hugo is a French Romanticist poet. He has written numerous dramatic plays, books, and romantic poems. His poetry is best known and appreciated in France. In France Hugo is haled as the leader of the French Romanticism Movement. Victor Hugo’s poems “Once More to Thee” and “Regret” reflect Hugo’s remorse and wish for happiness as a result of his uncaring and adulterous actions. At a young age Victor Hugo married a young …showed first 75 words of 1356 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1356 total…to his mother. This is shown in the line “For all her days belong, O Lord, to thee”. “Regret” and “Once More to Thee” parallel in many ways. They both reference to Hugo’s sense of loss at his mother’s death and they both refer to the perceived betrayal of his wife. They both contain references to God and holy objects. They both refer to multiple people, not objects or places, and their emotions.