Analysis of Le Pâtre
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Que ce pâtre à jambe de bois
Est donc vieux malgré son jeune âge !
— Il chante, comme c’est l’usage.
Mais quelle épouvantable voix !
Jamais sourire plus narquois
N’a ridé plus hideux visage.
Que ce pâtre à jambe de bois
Est donc vieux malgré son jeune âge !
Voici que ma chienne aux abois
Flaire un calamiteux présage ;
Quant à moi, dans le paysage,
Je ne regarde et je ne vois
Que ce pâtre à jambe de bois.
| Scheme | ABba abAB abbaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Rondel |
| Metre | 1111111 01111111 11111 1111 1111 111110 1111111 01111111 111111 11111 11101 1111111 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 426 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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