Analysis of La Belle Porchère

Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)



La porchère va remplir l’auge
De son mouillé d’eau de vaisselle.
Les deux bras nus jusqu’à l’aisselle,
Elle va, vient, court et patauge.

— L’air est plein d’une odeur de sauge.
La lumière partout ruisselle.
La porchère va remplir l’auge
De son mouillé d’eau de vaisselle.

Et ma foi ! mon désir se jauge
Aux charmes de la jouvencelle :
Je suis fou de cette pucelle.
— Allons ! verrats, quittez la bauge !
La porchère va remplir l’auge.


Scheme ABba abAB abbaA
Poetic Form Rondel 
Metre 111111 111111 111111 111111 10111111 11111 111111 111111 11111111 11111 111111 11111 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 460
Words 77
Sentences 11
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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