Analysis of L'Interprète



L’inclinaison de ce vieux saule
Sur le vieil étang soucieux
Que pas une brise ne frôle,
A quelque chose de pieux.

Et l’on dirait que chaque feuille,
Ayant cessé son trémolo,
Pompe le mystère de l’eau
Et dévotement se recueille.

Or, soudain, y perchant son vol,
Voici qu’un petit rossignol,
Tendre interprète d’aventure,

Pour l’arbre adresse à l’Inconnu,
Dans un lamento soutenu,
La prière de la Nature !


Scheme ABAB AAAA AAC DDC
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 10111 1111110 01111 111111 11111 101111 11111 111111 1110100 1111 1111 1111 1111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 421
Words 69
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 77
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maurice Rollinat

 · 1846 · Châteauroux
 · 1903 · Ivry-sur-Seine

Maurice Rollinat was a French poet. more…

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