Analysis of L'Horloge
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
À son tic tac mélancolique,
La fermière écosse des pois.
— La nuit noire comme la poix
S’avance d’un pas diabolique.
Cependant, qu’un chat famélique
Guigne ses deux énormes poids,
À son tic tac mélancolique,
La fermière écosse des pois.
Quand son tintement métallique
Vibre dans sa cage de bois,
Je frissonne un peu, mais je bois
L’extase douce et bucolique
À son tic tac mélancolique.
| Scheme | ABba abAB abbaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Rondel |
| Metre | 11111 1101111 111111 1111 11111 11111 11111 1101111 11111 111111 1111111 1111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 404 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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