Analysis of Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage

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



Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage,
Ou comme cestuy-là qui conquit la toison,
Et puis est retourné, plein d'usage et raison,
Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son âge !

Quand reverrai-je, hélas, de mon petit village
Fumer la cheminée, et en quelle saison
Reverrai-je le clos de ma pauvre maison,
Qui m'est une province, et beaucoup davantage ?

Plus me plaît le séjour qu'ont bâti mes aïeux,
Que des palais Romains le front audacieux,
Plus que le marbre dur me plaît l'ardoise fine :

Plus mon Loir gaulois, que le Tibre latin,
Plus mon petit Liré, que le mont Palatin,
Et plus que l'air marin la doulceur angevine.


Scheme ABBA ABBA CCB BBB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011110 11111111 110111110110 11011001111 11111111010 111111110 110111110 1101110111 1111011111101 11011011 1101111111 111110110 111011011 111111011100
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 635
Words 112
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 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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