En battant le beurre



Dans sa grande jatte de grès,
      L’Angélique, la belle veuve,
      Avec sa crème toute neuve
      Fabrique un peu de beurre frais.

      Ses doigts et sa batte à loisir
      Fouettent, pressent, foulent, tripotent,
      Tournent, roulent, piquent, tapotent
      La crème lente à s’épaissir.

Enfin, déjà compacts, les grumeaux s’agglomèrent
Et prennent par degrés leur coloris d’or blond :
Elle aura bientôt fait son pain ovale et rond.
Mais, dévorant des yeux la tentante commère,
En face d’elle, assis à cheval sur sa chaise,
Coude et pieds aux barreaux, voilà que le grand Blaise,
Son soupirant câlin, lui parle à mots si doux,
Que, toute tressaillante à ce regard de faune,
Elle aspire la voix du beau meunier blanc-roux.
Tandis que dans son pot, moins serré des genoux,
S’endort las et distrait son petit bâton jaune.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA CDDC DDDCEEAFXAF
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 852
Words 134
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 11

Maurice Rollinat

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

Maurice Rollinat was a French poet. more…

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