Analysis of Cependant que tu dis ta Cassandre divine,

Joachim du Bellay 1525 (Liré) – 1560 (Paris)



Cependant que tu dis ta Cassandre divine,
Les louanges du roi, et l'héritier d'Hector,
Et ce Montmorency, notre français Nestor,
Et que de sa faveur Henri t'estime digne :

Je me promène seul sur la rive latine,
La France regrettant, et regrettant encor
Mes antiques amis, mon plus riche trésor,
Et le plaisant séjour de ma terre angevine.

Je regrette les bois, et les champs blondissants,
Les vignes, les jardins, et les prés verdissants
Que mon fleuve traverse : ici pour récompense

Ne voyant que l'orgueil de ces monceaux pierreux,
Où me tient attaché d'un espoir malheureux
Ce que possède moins celui qui plus y pense.


Scheme ABBA ACCA DDD DDD
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 11111111110 1101101110 111111011 111111111 111111 1011011111 101111110100 11111111 111111111 111101111 111111011 111011111 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 626
Words 106
Sentences 3
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) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Joachim du Bellay

Joachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade. more…

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