Analysis of Un jour d'hiver

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



Arqué haut sur les monts et d’un bleu sans nuages
Qu’un triomphant soleil embrase éblouissant,
Le ciel, par la vallée où la chaleur descend,
Anime, en plein hiver, la mort des paysages.

Il semble qu’ici, là, la mouche revoltige,
Tourne dans la poussière ardente du rayon ;
On va voir le martin-pêcheur, le papillon,
L’un raser le ruisseau, l’autre effleurer la tige !

Le ravin clair bénit l’horizon rallumé ;
Du branchage et du tronc l’arbre désembrumé
Contemple, radieux, le luisant de la pierre.

Et, dans l’espace, au loin, partout, les yeux surpris
Ont la sensation d’un été chauve et gris
Dont la stérilité rirait à la lumière.


Scheme ABBA CDDC EEX AAX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111111 110111 01111111101 11111111 1111111 111111110 1110101101 110011111 01011111 11111111 11011101 111111111 1101011111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 662
Words 107
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 25, 2023

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Maurice Rollinat

Maurice Rollinat was a French poet. more…

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