Analysis of Debout Sur Mon Orgueil Je Veux Montrer Au Soir
Delmira Agustini 1886 (Montevideo) – 1914 (Montevideo)
Debout sur mon orgueil je veux montrer au soir
L'envers de mon manteau endeuillé de tes charmes,
Son mouchoir infini, son mouchoir noir et noir,
Trait à trait, doucement, boira toutes mes larmes.
Il donne des lys blancs à mes roses de flamme
Et des bandeaux de calme à mon front délirant...
Que le soir sera bon.. Il aura pour moi l'âme
Claire et le corps profond d'un magnifique amant.
Forsaking my pride, I want to show the night
The inside of my cloak, plunged in mourning for your charms.
Its infinite handkerchiefs, its handkerchiefs black and black,
Piece by piece, tenderly, will drink all my tears.
The night lays lilies upon my burning roses
And cool cloths upon my feverish brow...
How good the evening will be! It will have, for me,
The luminous soul, the profound body, of a magnificent lover.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD DBXB BXCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 111111111 11111111 11111111 1111111 1111111011 111111111 1011011101111 110111111 01011111101 0011111010111 11001001100101 11110011111 011100111010 0110111001 110101111111 010010011010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 849 |
| Words | 147 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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