Analysis of Ma vieille pipe

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



Quand j’ai ma pipe en merisier,
Toute mon âme se parfume ;
Et je la fume et la refume,
Sans pouvoir me rassasier.

Cet automne, à son cher brasier,
J’ai nargué le vent et la brume.
Quand j’ai ma pipe en merisier
Toute mon âme se parfume.

Elle n’a qu’un tuyau d’osier ;
Mais les vers coulent de ma plume,
Toutes les fois que je l’allume,
Et j’ai de quoi m’extasier,
Quand j’ai ma pipe en merisier.


Scheme ABba abAB abbaA
Poetic Form Rondel 
Metre 111111 11111 1111111 1111 11111 1101111 111111 11111 1111100 1111111 111111 11111 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 416
Words 77
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maurice Rollinat

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