Les Statues
Les feuilles, une à une, et le temps, heure à heure,
Tombent dans le bassin dont le jet d’eau larmoie ;
Iphigénie en sang près d’Hélène de Troie,
Danaé, Antigone, Ariane qui pleure,
Marbres purs que le vent soufflette ou qu’il effleure !
Si le torse se cambre ou si la tête ploie,
Héroïque au destin qui caresse ou rudoie,
La statue aux yeux blancs persévère ou demeure.
L’éternelle beauté subsiste à jamais belle.
Le Silence a ployé le crêpe de son aile
Et songe, assis, le coude au socle où il inscrit
Le nom de l’héroïne énergique ou morose
Qui dérobe un sourire ou cache un sein meurtri
Derrière les cyprès ou derrière des roses.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AXAA ABCA BBC XAX |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 663 |
Words | 116 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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