Scrupule
Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme 1839 (Paris) – 1907 (Châtenay-Malabry)
Je veux lui dire quelque chose,
Je ne peux pas ;
Le mot dirait plus que je n'ose,
Même tout bas.
D'où vient que je suis plus timide
Que je n'étais ?
Il faut parler, je m'y décide...
Et je me tais.
Les aveux m'ont paru moins graves
A dix-huit ans ;
Mes lèvres ne sont plus si braves
Depuis longtemps.
J'ai peur, en sentant que je l'aime,
De mal sentir ;
Dans mes yeux une larme même
Pourrait mentir,
Car j'aurais beau l'y laisser naître
De bonne foi,
C'est quelque ancien amour peut-être
Qui pleure en moi.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXAA BABA CACA XDXD DXDX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 502 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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