Analysis of Je hais du Florentin l'usurière avarice

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



Je hais du Florentin l'usurière avarice,
Je hais du fol Siennois le sens mal arrêté,
Je hais du Genevois la rare vérité,
Et du Vénitien la trop caute malice :

Je hais le Ferrarais pour je ne sais quel vice,
Je hais tous les Lombards pour l'infidélité,
Le fier Napolitain pour sa grand' vanité,
Et le poltron romain pour son peu d'exercice :

Je hais l'Anglais mutin et le brave Écossais,
Le traître Bourguignon et l'indiscret Français,
Le superbe Espagnol et l'ivrogne Tudesque :

Bref, je hais quelque vice en chaque nation,
Je hais moi-même encor mon imperfection,
Mais je hais par sur tout un savoir pédantesque.


Scheme ABBA XXBA AXC DDC
Poetic Form
Metre 111111100 1111101111 11111111 111111110 1101111111 111110111 0111111 101011111 11111011 011011111 011111 111111110 1111111010 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 626
Words 106
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
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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