Analysis of Les Pâquerettes

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



Les pâquerettes sont en deuil
Depuis que Marguerite est morte.
Hélas ! on a fermé la porte
Et sa bière a quitté le seuil.

Elles se miraient dans son œil :
C’était leur âme en quelque sorte !
Les pâquerettes sont en deuil
Depuis que Marguerite est morte.

Chacune, avec un tendre orgueil,
Câline et tristement accorte,
Eût voulu lui servir d’escorte
Et se faner dans son cercueil !
Les pâquerettes sont en deuil.


Scheme ABba abAB abbaA
Poetic Form Rondel 
Metre 111111 1101011 1110111 11110101 111111 1111111 111111 1101011 11111 11111 1111011 111111 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 423
Words 72
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maurice Rollinat

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