Analysis of La Cuisinière

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




Au bruit sempiternel du canon de sureau
Qu’un petit garçon bourre et rebourre sans trêve,
La bonne au coin du feu s’assoupit dans un rêve
Entre le chien blanchâtre et le matou noiraud.

Et la voilà qui dort, un pied sur le barreau
D’une chaise en bois blanc dont la paille se crève,
Au bruit sempiternel du canon de sureau
Qu’un petit garçon bourre et rebourre sans trêve.

Mais la bonne ouvre l’œil, car le vieux hobereau
La secoue à deux bras : — Qu’est-ce ? dit Geneviève.
— Ce que c’est ! ventrebleu ! que le diable t’enlève ! »
Hélas ! elle a laissé tout brûler un perdreau,
Au bruit sempiternel du canon de sureau.


Scheme ABbx abAB abbaA
Poetic Form
Metre 11111011 11011111111 11111111111 1001111011 1111111101 11111111111 11111011 11011111111 1111111011 111111111 111110111 1110111111 11111011
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 650
Words 113
Sentences 10
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 153
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maurice Rollinat

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