Analysis of Les Prunelles
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Ces prunelles bleu violet,
Dans le buisson plein de murmures,
N’ont qu’un terne et laiteux reflet
Auprès du noir luisant des mûres ;
Pas de guêpe au long corselet.
Mais voici que maint oiselet
S’éveille et descend des ramures
Pour picorer, tant qu’il lui plaît,
Ces prunelles.
Comme des grains de chapelet,
Elles sortent rondes et pures
D’un fouillis de vertes guipures ;
Les prés sentent le serpolet,
Et l’aube ouvre dans l’air follet
Ses prunelles.
Scheme | ABABA ABXB ABBAAB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111100 101111 111111 11111111 1111111 11111 1110111 11111011 11 11111 11111 11111 111101 111111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 481 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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