Analysis of Les Boys fueilluz, et les herbeuses Ryves

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



Les Boys fueilluz, et les herbeuses Ryves
N'admirent tant parmy sa Troupe saincte
Dyane, alors que le chaut l'a contrainte
De pardonner aux bestes fugitives.

Que tes beautez, dont les autres tu prives
De leurs Honneurs, non sans Envie mainte,
Veu que tu rends toute Lumiere etainte
Par la clarté de deux Etoiles vyves.

Les Demydieux, et les nymphes des Boys
Par l'epesseur des forestz chevelues
Te regardant, s'estonnent maintesfoys,

Et pour à Loyre eternité donner,
Contre leurs bords ses Filles impolues
Font ton hault bruit sans cesse resonner.


Scheme ABBA ABBA AAA CAC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 111111 011101101 1111100 11111111 1111111 1111111 1111111 1111111 11111 1111 11110010 111111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 555
Words 91
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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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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