Analysis of A Ronsard

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme 1839 (Paris) – 1907 (Châtenay-Malabry)



Ô maître des charmeurs de l'oreille, ô Ronsard,
J'admire tes vieux vers, et comment ton génie
Aux lois d'un juste sens et d'une ample harmonie
Sait dans le jeu des mots asservir le hasard.

Mais, plus que ton beau verbe et plus que ton grand art,
J'aime ta passion d'antique poésie
Et cette téméraire et sainte fantaisie
D'être un nouvel Orphée aux hommes nés trop tard.

Ah ! Depuis que les cieux, les champs, les bois et l'onde
N'avaient plus d'âme, un deuil assombrissait le monde,
Car le monde sans lyre est comme inhabité !

Tu viens, tu ressaisis la lyre, tu l'accordes,
Et, fier, tu rajeunis la gloire des sept cordes,
Et tu refais aux dieux une immortalité.


Scheme ABBA ABCA AAA CCA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 101111110111 11011111110100 110111101 111111111111 1111010111 11111111 1111011111111 11111111111 111111101 10111011010 11111111 111111111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 670
Words 119
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme

René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist.  more…

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