Analysis of Ardeur des sens, ardeur des coeurs...

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



Ardeur des sens, ardeur des coeurs, ardeur des âmes,
Vains mots créés par ceux qui diminuent l'amour ;
Soleil, tu ne distingues pas d'entre tes flammes
Celles du soir, de l'aube ou du midi des jours.

Tu marches aveuglé par ta propre lumière,
Dans le torride azur, sous les grands cieux cintrés,
Ne sachant rien, sinon que ta force est plénière
Et que ton feu travaille aux mystères sacrés.

Car aimer, c'est agir et s'exalter sans trêve ;
O toi, dont la douceur baigne mon coeur altier,
A quoi bon soupeser l'or pur de notre rêve ?
Je t'aime tout entière, avec mon être entier.


Scheme ABAA CACA DXDB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 111111111 1111111110 01111111011 111111111011 110111111 1011111111 111111101111 1111111111 111111111 11111111100 011111111011 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 594
Words 104
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 144
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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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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