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Sans Parents, Sans Amis

Andre Marie de Chenier

Sans parents, sans amis et sans concitoyens,
Oublié sur la terre et loin de tous les miens,
Par les vagues jeté sur cette île farouche,
Le doux nom de la France est souvent sur ma bouche.
Auprès d'un noir foyer, seul, je me plains du sort.
Je compte les moments, je souhaite la mort;
Et pas un seul ami dont la voix m'encourage,
Qui près de moi s'asseye, et, voyant mon visage
Se baigner de mes pleurs et tomber sur mon sein;
Me dise: 'Qu'as-tu donc?' et me presse la main.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme AABBCCDDEF
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 478
Words 94
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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Andre Marie de Chenier

 · 1794 · Paris

André Marie Chénier was a French poet of Greek and Franco-Levantine origin, associated with the events of the French Revolution of which he was a victim. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of the precursors of the Romantic movement. His career was brought to an abrupt end when he was guillotined for supposed "crimes against the state", just three days before the end of the Reign of Terror. Chénier's life has been the subject of Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chénier and other works of art. more…

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