Analysis of Le vieux pêcheur
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Au fil de l'eau coulant sans bruit,
Triste et beau comme un vieux monarque,
Perche en main, débout dans sa barque,
Le pêcheur aspirait la nuit.
Son extase mal contenue
Rivait, pleins de larmes, ses yeux
Au grand miroir mystérieux
Où tremblait l'ombre de la nue.
L'astre pur, à frissons follets,
Jetait prodigue ses reflets
A cette transparence brune ;
J'entendis l'homme chuchoter :
' C'te nuit ! fait-i' bon d'exister !
Pour voir l'eau s'ens'mencer d'la lune. '
| Scheme | ABBA CDDC DDC EEC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111 1111111 11111111 011111 1111 111111 11111 111111 1111 1111 0111 1111 1111111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 471 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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