Parabole

Emile Verhaeren

1916 · Rouen


Parmi l'étang d'or sombre
Et les nénuphars blancs,
Un vol passant de hérons lents
Laisse tomber des ombres.

Elles s'ouvrent et se ferment sur l'eau
Toutes grandes, comme des mantes ;
Et le passage des oiseaux, là-haut,
S'indéfinise, ailes ramantes.

Un pêcheur grave et théorique
Tend vers elles son filet clair,
Ne voyant pas qu'elles battent dans l'air
Les larges ailes chimériques,

Ni que ce qu'il guette, le jour, la nuit,
Pour le serrer en des mailles d'ennui,
En bas, dans les vases, au fond d'un trou,
Passe dans la lumière, insaisissable et fou.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBB XBCB XAAB CXAX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 566
Words 95
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 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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