Analysis of Pour nous aimer des yeux

Emile Verhaeren 1855 (Sint-Amands) – 1916 (Rouen)



Pour nous aimer des yeux,
Lavons nos deux regards de ceux
Que nous avons croisés, par milliers, dans la vie
Mauvaise et asservie.

L'aube est en fleur et en rosée
Et en lumière tamisée
Très douce ;
On croirait voir de molles plumes
D'argent et de soleil, à travers brumes,
Frôler et caresser, dans le jardin, les mousses.
Nos bleus et merveilleux étangs
Tremblent et s'animent d'or miroitant ;

Des vols émeraudés, sous les arbres, circulent ;
Et la clarté, hors des chemins, des clos, des haies,
Balaie
La cendre humide, où traîne encor le crépuscule.


Scheme AABB CCAAAAAD DAEE
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 1110111 1111111111 111 1101111111 111111 111 111111 1101101101 1111101011 11111 11111 11111111 11111101111 1 1111111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 558
Words 95
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 8, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 139
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Emile Verhaeren

Emile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. more…

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