Analysis of Inscription

Henri de Regnier 1864 (Honfleur) – 1936 (Paris)



Si haut que ta racine ait poussé vers l’azur
Ta cime épanouie et vivante, sois sûr,
Cher arbre, que, malgré l’ombre que sur la mousse
Etend autour de toi ta feuillée ample et douce,
Et bien que les oiseaux y chantent et qu’en bas
Un chœur de dieux sylvains défendent de leurs bras
La Dryade pensive au creux de ton écorce,
O bel arbre, debout encore dans ta force,
Sois sûr et pense que le temps et les destins
Qui font les soir jaloux naître de nos matins
Ne t’épargneront pas, car toute vie est telle.
L’inévitable lierre et l’automne mortelle.


Scheme ABCCCDCECCFF
Poetic Form
Metre 11110111110 11111111 111111111 11111111011 1111111111 11111111111 111011111 11111111 11111101111 1111111111 1111111011 111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 567
Words 103
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 417
Words per stanza (avg) 101
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Henri de Regnier

Henri-François-Joseph de Régnier was a French symbolist poet, considered one of the most important of France during the early 20th century. more…

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