L'Hôte suspect

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



Nous sommes bien seuls au bas de cette côte !
Bien seuls ! Et minuit qui tinte au vieux coucou !
J’ai peur ! l’étranger m’inquiète beaucoup.
Il quitte le feu, s’en rapproche, s’en ôte,

Ne parle qu’à peine, et jamais à voix haute :
Cet individu médite un mauvais coup !
Nous sommes bien seuls au bas de cette côte !
Bien seuls ! Et minuit qui tinte au vieux coucou !

Oh ! ce que je rêve est horrible : mon hôte
Poursuit la servante avec un grand licou.
J’accours ! mais je tombe un couteau dans le cou,
Éclaboussé par sa cervelle qui saute…
— Nous sommes bien seuls au bas de cette côte !

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABca xcAB abbxA
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 614
Words 107
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5

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