L'orage

Emile Verhaeren 1855 (Sint-Amands) – 1916 (Rouen)



Parmi les pommes d'or que frôle un vent léger
Tu m'apparais là-haut, glissant de branche en branche,
Lorsque soudain l'orage accourt en avalanche
Et lacère le front ramu du vieux verger.

Tu fuis craintive et preste et descends de l'échelle
Et t'abrites sous l'appentis dont le mur clair
Devient livide et blanc aux lueurs de l'éclair
Et dont sonne le toit sous la pluie et la grêle.

Mais voici tout le ciel redevenu vermeil.
Alors, dans l'herbe en fleur qui de nouveau t'accueille,
Tu t'avances et tends, pour qu'il rie au soleil,
Le fruit mouillé que tu cueillis, parmi les feuilles.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA CAAC CCCX
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 598
Words 103
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

Emile Verhaeren

Emile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. more…

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