Analysis of Quoique nous le voyions fleurir

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



Quoique nous le voyions fleurir devant nos yeux
Ce jardin clair où nous passons silencieux,
C'est plus encor en nous que se féconde
Le plus candide et doux jardin du monde.

Car nous vivons toutes les fleurs,
Toutes les herbes, toutes les palmes
En nos rires et en nos pleurs
De bonheur pur et calme.

Car nous vivons toute la joie
Dardée en cris de fête et de printemps,
En nos aveux où se côtoient
Les mots fervents et exaltants.

Oh! dis, c'est bien en nous que se féconde
Le plus joyeux et doux jardin du monde.


Scheme AABB AAAX XABA BB
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111 11011111 111111111 011111011 111111 111111 1111111 11111 111111 11111111110 1111111 11111 1111111111 011111011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 520
Words 99
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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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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