Analysis of Lied

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



Dors lentement avec des rêves
Légers de l’air pur respiré
Le long des rives fraternelles
Où nos pas doubles ont erré.

Dors doucement avec des songes
Parfumés des fleurs du chemin
Qui ce soir encore dans l’ombre
Sont odorantes de tes mains.

Dors seule en rêve avec toi-même.
Sois ton propre songe ; il n’est pas
D’autre couronne pour ta tête
Que le cercle nu de tes bras.


Scheme ABAB AXBA CACA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 111111 111111 01111 1111011 11111 111111 111111 11111 111111111 1111111 111111 1011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 385
Words 69
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 21, 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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