Analysis of Au bord du quai

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



Et qu'importe d'où sont venus ceux qui s'en vont,
S'ils entendent toujours un cri profond
Au carrefour des doutes !
Mon corps est lourd, mon corps est las,
Je veux rester, je ne peux pas ;
L'âpre univers est un tissu de routes
Tramé de vent et de lumière ;
Mieux vaut partir, sans aboutir,
Que de s'asseoir, même vainqueur, le soir,
Devant son oeuvre coutumière,
Avec, en son coeur morne, une vie
Qui cesse de bondir au-delà de la vie.


Scheme AABBBBCCDCEE
Poetic Form
Metre 111111011111 111111 1111 1101111011 11101111 111011111 1111111 11111 11111101 111011 1111111 111111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 439
Words 80
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 325
Words per stanza (avg) 81
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 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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