La Vache
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Une vache gisait, sombre, la bave au mufle,
Et les yeux imprégnés d’une immense terreur,
Tandis qu’un taureau noir, farouche comme un buffle,
Semblait lui regarder le ventre avec horreur.
Le pacage ! c’était la pénombre béante.
L’arbre y devenait spectre, et le ruisseau marais.
Un ciel jaune y planait sur une herbe géante.
A droite, un vieux manoir — à gauche, des forêts.
Et la vache geignait dans ce lieu fantastique.
On eût dit qu’un pouvoir occulte et magnétique
Élargissait encor ses grands yeux assoupis.
Ma curiosité devint alors féroce,
Et, m’approchant, je vis, — ô nourrisson atroce !
Un énorme crapaud qui lui suçait le pis.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCX EED DDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 666 |
Words | 108 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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