L'Épitaphe
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Quand on aura fermé ma bière
Comme ma bouche et ma paupière,
Que l’on inscrive sur ma pierre :
― « Ci-gît le roi du mauvais sort.
Ce fou dont le cadavre dort
L’affreux sommeil de la matière,
Frémit pendant sa vie entière
Et ne songea qu’au cimetière.
Jour et nuit, par toute la terre,
Il traîna son cœur solitaire
Dans l’épouvante et le mystère,
Dans l’angoisse et le remords.
Vive la mort ! Vive la mort !
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABCCAAADBAEC |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 428 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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