Analysis of Fuyons, Dilliers, fuyons cette cruelle terre

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



Fuyons, Dilliers, fuyons cette cruelle terre,
Fuyons ce bord avare et ce peuple inhumain,
Que des dieux irrités la vengeresse main
Ne nous accable encor sous un même tonnerre.

Mars est désenchaîné, le temple de la guerre
Est ouvert à ce coup, le grand prêtre romain
Veut foudroyer là-bas l'hérétique Germain
Et l'Espagnol marran, ennemis de saint Pierre.

On ne voit que soldats, enseignes, gonfanons,
On noit que tambourins, trompettes et canons,
On ne voit que chevaux courant parmi la plaine :

On n'oit plus raisonner que de sang et de feu,
Maintenant on verra, si jamais on l'a veu,
Comment se sauvera la nacelle romaine.


Scheme ABBA CBBC DDB EEB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110 11111111 11111111 111111111 101111010111 01111011101 1111111101 11111101 1111111 11111110 1111110111 1111111111 111111101 10111101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 633
Words 107
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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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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