Analysis of Ne t'ébahis, Ronsard, la moitié de mon âme

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



Ne t'ébahis, Ronsard, la moitié de mon âme,
Si de ton Du Bellay France ne lit plus rien,
Et si avec l'air du ciel italien
Il n'a humé l'ardeur qui l'Italie enflamme.

Le saint rayon qui part des beaux yeux de ta dame
Et la sainte faveur de ton prince et du mien,
Cela, Ronsard, cela, cela mérite bien
De t'échauffer le coeur d'une si vive flamme.

Mais moi, qui suis absent des rais de mon soleil,
Comment puis-je sentir échauffement pareil
A celui qui est près de sa flamme divine ?

Les coteaux soleillés de pampre sont couverts,
Mais des Hyperborées les éternels hivers
Ne portent que le froid, la neige et la bruine.


Scheme ABBA XBBA CCB DDB
Poetic Form
Metre 111111111 1111111111 11111111 11011111 011011111111 1111111111 1011010111 111011111 111110111101 1011111 011011111101 11111111 1111111 11010111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 623
Words 116
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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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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