La Gueule
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
O fatale rencontre ! au fond d’un chemin creux
Se chauffait au soleil, sur le talus ocreux,
Un reptile aussi long qu’un manche de quenouille.
Mais le saut effaré d’une pauvre grenouille
Montrait que le serpent ne dormait qu’à moitié !
Et je laissai, l’horreur étranglant ma pitié,
Sa gueule se distendre et, toute grande ouverte,
Se fermer lentement sur la victime verte.
Puis le sommeil reprit le hideux animal.
La grenouille, c’est moi! Le serpent, c’est le mal !
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCCCCBB |
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Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 483 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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