Le premier amour

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme 1839 (Paris) – 1907 (Châtenay-Malabry)



Comme un verre intact, avant l'heure
Où le remplira l'échanson,
Au plus léger coup qui l'effleure
Vibre d'un sonore frisson,

Mais pour la fugitive atteinte
N'a plus de soupir cristallin,
Et ne tressaille ni ne tinte
Sans aucun heurt dès qu'il est plein,

Le jeune coeur, vivant calice,
Frémit plaintif au moindre appel,
Avant que l'Amour le remplisse
De son généreux hydromel ;

Mais, quand cet échanson céleste
L'a, soudain, comblé jusqu'au bord,
Plus rien n'y bat pour tout le reste ;
Silencieux, il paraît mort ;

C'est qu'il peut dédaigner la terre,
Il aime ! le ciel est entré
Dans sa profondeur solitaire :
Il est immuable et sacré.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CBCB DEDE CCCC AAAA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 650
Words 107
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme

René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist.  more…

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