Analysis of La Chanson des amoureuses

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



Nos soupirs s’en vont dans la tombe
Comme des souffles dans la nuit,
Et nos plaintes sont un vain bruit
Comme celles de la colombe.

Tout prend son vol et tout retombe,
Tout s’enracine et tout s’enfuit !
Nos soupirs s’en vont dans la tombe
Comme des souffles dans la nuit.

C’est toujours la mort qui surplombe
Le nouvel amour qui séduit,
Et pas à pas, elle nous suit
Dans la volupté qui nous plombe.
Nos soupirs s’en vont dans la tombe.


Scheme ABba abAB abbaA
Poetic Form Rondel 
Metre 1111111 111111 1111111 1111010 1111111 11111 1111111 111111 111111 0101111 111111 111111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 447
Words 83
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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