Analysis of La Façade

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



Glorieuse, monumentale et monotone,
La façade de pierre effrite au vent qui passe
Son chapiteau friable et sa guirlande lasse
En face du parc jaune où s’accoude l’Automne.

Au médaillon de marbre où Pallas la couronne,
La double lettre encor se croise et s’entrelace ;
A porter le balcon l’Hercule se harasse ;
La fleur de lys s’effeuille au temps qui la moissonne.

Le vieux Palais, miré dans ses bassins déserts,
Regarde s’accroupir en bronze noir et vert
La Solitude nue et le Passé dormant ;

Mais le soleil aux vitres d’or qu’il incendie
Y semble rallumer intérieurement
Le sursaut, chaque soir, de la Gloire engourdie.


Scheme ABBA ABBA BCX CCC
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 11110111111 1111111 11111111 1111111011 110111111 01001111 1111111111 0101111111 1111111 110110110 100111111 11111 01111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 641
Words 105
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 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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