Analysis of À l'assemblée

Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)



Parmi châtaigniers et genêts
Où s’émouchaient, sans pouvoir paître,
Des montures sous le harnais,
Ronflait l’humble fête champêtre.

Les crincrins et les cornemuses,
La ripaille, un soleil de feu,
Allumaient tout un monde bleu
À faces longues et camuses.

Et, tandis que ce flot humain
— L’enfance comme la vieillesse
Battait les airs de sa liesse...
En grand deuil — au bord du chemin,

Les yeux fermés, — morte aux vacarmes,
Une femme étranglait ses larmes
À genoux, devant une croix.

Rien n’aura l’horreur et l’effroi
De ces pleurs gouttant, sans rien dire,
Dans cet énorme éclat de rire.


Scheme ABAB AXXA CAAC AAX BXB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 1111111 11101 111111 11111 1110111 11111 10111 111111 1111 111111 1111111 1111111 11111 1111 11111 1111111 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 611
Words 101
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maurice Rollinat

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