Un plus savant que moi, Paschal, ira songer

Joachim du Bellay 1525 (Liré) – 1560 (Paris)



Un plus savant que moi, Paschal, ira songer
Avecques l'Ascréan dessus la double cime :
Et pour être de ceux dont on fait plus d'estime,
Dedans l'onde au cheval tout nu s'ira plonger.

Quant à moi, je ne veux, pour un vers allonger,
M'accourcir le cerveau : ni pour polir ma rime,
Me consumer l'esprit d'une soigneuse lime,
Frapper dessus ma table ou mes ongles ronger.

Aussi veux-je, Paschal, que ce que je compose
Soit une prose en rime ou une rime en prose,
Et ne veux pour cela le laurier mériter.

Et peut-être que tel se pense bien habile,
Qui trouvant de mes vers la rime si facile,
En vain travaillera, me voulant imiter.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA ABBA CCA DDA
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 626
Words 115
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Joachim du Bellay

Joachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade. more…

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