La barque

Emile Verhaeren 1855 (Sint-Amands) – 1916 (Rouen)



Il gèle et des arbres pâlis de givre clair
Montent au loin, ainsi que des faisceaux de lune ;
Au ciel purifié, aucun nuage ; aucune
Tache sur l'infini silencieux de l'air.

Le fleuve où la lueur des astres se réfracte
Semble dallé d'acier et maçonné d'argent ;
Seule une barque est là, qui veille et qui attend,
Les deux avirons pris dans la glace compacte.

Quel ange ou quel héros les empoignant soudain
Dispersera ce vaste hiver à coups de rames
Et conduira la barque en un pays de flammes
Vers les océans d'or des paradis lointains ?

Ou bien doit-elle attendre à tout jamais son maître,
Prisonnière du froid et du grand minuit blanc,
Tandis que des oiseaux libres et flagellant
Les vents, volent, là-haut, vers les printemps à naître ?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA CCCC BDDD EXCE
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 760
Words 130
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Emile Verhaeren

Emile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. more…

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