Latone

Henri de Regnier 1864 (Honfleur) – 1936 (Paris)



Le quinconce, le buis, les ifs et les cyprès,
La rocaille coquette et la vasque pensive
D’où s’épanche ou jaillit l’onde dolente ou vive
Qui fait l’allée en pleurs ou le carrefour frais ;

La fontaine qui jase et le bassin auprès
Qui stagne et que tarit la fissure furtive,
La statue et l’hermès que la mousse enjolive
Et le parc qui finit en lointains de forêts ;

Le Silence qui songe et l’Écho qui recule
Bercent la douceur d’être en ce beau crépuscule
Où, dans le souvenir, tout reste ce qu’il fut,

Et, parmi l’eau verdie où s’effeuille l’automne,
Toujours s’obstine, en or accroupi, le salut
De l’obèse grenouille à la svelte Latone.
  

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXA ABBA CCD EDE
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 672
Words 114
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Henri de Regnier

Henri-François-Joseph de Régnier was a French symbolist poet, considered one of the most important of France during the early 20th century. more…

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