Analysis of La Marchande d'écrevisses
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Aux portes des cafés où s’attablent les vices,
Elle va tous les soirs offrant des écrevisses
Sur un petit clayon tapissé de persil.
Elle a l’œil en amande orné d’un grand sourcil
Et des cheveux frisés blonds comme de la paille.
Or, ses lèvres en fleur qu’un sourire entre-bâille,
Tentent les carabins qui fument sur les bancs,
Et comme elle a des seins droits, et que, peu tombants
Ses jupons laissent voir sa jambe ronde et saine,
Chacun d’eux lui chuchote un compliment obscène.
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Metre | 1111111110 11111111 11101111 1011111111 1111111111 111111111011 11111111 11101111111 111111111 11101110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 500 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 371 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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