La pointe de l'eau (the point of water)



La fontaine ramassait ses rameaux
L'eau, reconstruite, coulait sous l'arche vert
Embaumant tendrement, en perles de roseaux
Le destin criant du désert

Le roc était méditation
Je connaissais l'exil

Je pleurais seulement, empereur
La pointe de l'eau

Benjamin des cimes
Je jetais ma plume
Dans le ruisseau
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Written on August 08, 2017

Submitted by PML on July 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XC XC AXA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 295
Words 47
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 2, 3

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