La Cornemuse

Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)



Sa cornemuse dans les bois
Geignait comme le vent qui brame
Et jamais le cerf aux abois,
Jamais le saule ni la rame,
N’ont pleuré comme cette voix.

Ces sons de flûte et de hautbois
Semblaient râlés par une femme.
Oh ! près du carrefour des croix,
        Sa cornemuse !

Il est mort. Mais, sous les cieux froids,
Aussitôt que la nuit se trame,
Toujours, tout au fond de mon âme,
Là, dans le coin des vieux effrois,
J’entends gémir, comme autrefois,
        Sa cornemuse.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ababa axxA abxaaA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 476
Words 84
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 6

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