Analysis of Finalement sur le point que Morphée

Joachim du Bellay 1525 (Liré) – 1560 (Paris)



Finalement sur le point que Morphée
Plus véritable apparaît à nos yeux,
Fâché de voir l'inconstance des cieux,
Je vois venir la soeur du grand Typhée :

Qui bravement d'un morion coiffée
En majesté semblait égale aux dieux,
Et sur le bord d'un fleuve audacieux
De tout le monde érigeait un trophée.

Cent rois vaincus gémissaient à ses pieds,
Les bras aux dos honteusement liés :
Lors effrayé de voir telle merveille;

Le ciel encor je lui vois guerroyer,
Puis tout à coup je la vois foudroyer,
Et du grand bruit en sursaut je m'éveille.


Scheme ABBA ABBA BBC DDC
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 1111111 1111111 111111111 1111111 111111 11011111 11011111 1111111 1111111 111111 01111011 1111111 111111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 547
Words 95
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Joachim du Bellay

Joachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade. more…

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