Analysis of Les brumes

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



Brumes mornes d'hiver, mélancoliquement
Et douloureusement, roulez sur mes pensées
Et sur mon coeur vos longs linceuls d'enterrement
Et de rameaux défunts et de feuilles froissées
Et livides, tandis qu'au loin, vers l'horizon,
Sous l'ouatement mouillé de la plaine dormante,
Parmi les échos sourds et souffreteux, le son
D'un angelus lassé se perd et se lamente
Encore et va mourir dans le vide du soir,
Si seul, si pauvre et si craintif, qu'une corneille,
Blottie entre les gros arceaux d'un vieux voussoir,
A l'entendre gémir et sangloter, s'éveille
Et doucement répond et se plaint à son tour
A travers le silence entier que l'heure apporte,
Et tout à coup se tait, croyant que dans la tour
L'agonie est éteinte et que la cloche est morte.


Scheme ABABCACADEDEFAFA
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 1111111 11111111 1111111111 11111111010 1111111 11111101 111111111 111110111 111111111 1101111111 01010111111 111111111 0100101111 1111111111 10111111011
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 762
Words 127
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 577
Words per stanza (avg) 125
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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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