Analysis of L'Épitaphe

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



Quand on aura fermé ma bière
Comme ma bouche et ma paupière,
Que l’on inscrive sur ma pierre :
― « Ci-gît le roi du mauvais sort.
Ce fou dont le cadavre dort
L’affreux sommeil de la matière,
Frémit pendant sa vie entière
Et ne songea qu’au cimetière.
Jour et nuit, par toute la terre,
Il traîna son cœur solitaire
Dans l’épouvante et le mystère,
Dans l’angoisse et le remords.
Vive la mort ! Vive la mort !  


Scheme AABCCAAADBAEC
Poetic Form
Metre 11101111 1111111 1111101 11101111 111011 111111 1111101111 111111 11111110 11111101 1111011 11101 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 428
Words 77
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 298
Words per stanza (avg) 78
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maurice Rollinat

Maurice Rollinat was a French poet. more…

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