Analysis of L'Ange pâle

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



À la longue, je suis devenu bien morose :
Mon rêve s’est éteint, mon rire s’est usé.
Amour et Gloire ont fui comme un parfum de rose ;
Rien ne fascine plus mon cœur désabusé.

Il me reste pourtant un ange de chlorose,
Enfant pâle qui veille et cherche à m’apaiser ;
Sorte de lys humain que la tristesse arrose
Et qui suspend son âme aux ailes du baiser.

Religieux fantôme aux charmes narcotiques !
Un fluide câlin sort de ses doigts mystiques ;
Le rythme de son pas est plein de nonchaloir.

La pitié de son geste émeut ma solitude ;
À toute heure, sa voix infiltreuse d’espoir
Chuchote un mot tranquille à mon inquiétude.


Scheme AXXA ABAB AAB CBC
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 111111111 1111111111 111111111 11111111 11011111 11111111 1101111111 111111 111111111 0111101111 111111110 111111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 641
Words 112
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
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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