L'Étang
Plein de très vieux poissons frappés de cécité,
L'étang, sous un ciel bas roulant de sourds tonnerres,
Étale entre ses joncs plusieurs fois centenaires
La clapotante horreur de son opacité.
Là-bas, des farfadets servent de luminaires
À plus d’un marais noir, sinistre et redouté ;
Mais lui ne se révèle en ce lieu déserté
Que par ses bruits affreux de crapauds poitrinaires.
Or, la lune qui point tout juste en ce moment,
Semble s’y regarder si fantastiquement,
Que l'on dirait, à voir sa spectrale figure,
Son nez plat et le vague étrange de ses dents,
Une tête de mort éclairée en dedans
Qui viendrait se mirer dans une glace obscure.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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Scheme | ABBA BAAB AAX BBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 655 |
Words | 111 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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