Le Pâtre

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



Que ce pâtre à jambe de bois
Est donc vieux malgré son jeune âge !
— Il chante, comme c’est l’usage.
Mais quelle épouvantable voix !

Jamais sourire plus narquois
N’a ridé plus hideux visage.
Que ce pâtre à jambe de bois
Est donc vieux malgré son jeune âge !

Voici que ma chienne aux abois
Flaire un calamiteux présage ;
Quant à moi, dans le paysage,
Je ne regarde et je ne vois
Que ce pâtre à jambe de bois.
  

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABba abAB abbaA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 426
Words 79
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5

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