Analysis of Sacrés coteaux, et vous saintes ruines

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



Sacrés coteaux, et vous saintes ruines,
Qui le seul nom de Rome retenez,
Vieux monuments, qui encor soutenez
L'honneur poudreux de tant d'âmes divines :

Arcs triomphaux, pointes du ciel voisines,
Qui de vous voir le ciel même étonnez,
Las, peu à peu cendre vous devenez,
Fable du peuple et publiques rapines !

Et bien qu'au temps pour un temps fassent guerre
Les bâtiments, si est-ce que le temps
Oeuvres et noms finablement atterre.

Tristes désirs, vivez doncques contents :
Car si le temps finit chose si dure,
Il finira la peine que j'endure.


Scheme AAAA AAAA BAB ABX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 1011111 1100111 1111111 111111 111101111 111111 1011111 1111111111 1111011101 11111 1111110 11011111 11111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 547
Words 93
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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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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