Analysis of Le Bouquet

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




Sur la rosace éclose au centre du parquet
Pose ton pied léger, écoute et sois furtive ;
La solitude parle à celle qui arrive ;
N’as-tu pas entendu le marbre qui craquait ?

La harpe tremble et vibre à ton pas indiscret,
Le lustre se balance et son cristal s’avive ;
De ce qui semble mort crois-tu que rien ne vive ?
La glace a son fantôme et tout a son secret.

Le temps passe ; tout fuit ; les choses sont fidèles,
L’invisible silence évente de ses ailes
La poussière pensive et l’ombre transparente ;

Et, sur la table nue où le marbre veiné
A quelque chair ancienne et pâle s’apparente,
Effeuille le bouquet que l’Amour t’a donné.


Scheme ABCA ABCX AXA XAX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110101 1111111110 11011101 11110111 111011111 01011011101 11111111111 110111110110 0111111111 1101111 11110111 1111011011 01111101 10011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 652
Words 113
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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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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