Analysis of Ô la splendeur de notre joie

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



Ô la splendeur de notre joie
Tissée en or dans l'air de soie!

Voici la maison douce et son pignon léger,
Et le jardin et le verger.

Voici le banc, sous les pommiers
D'où s'effeuille le printemps blanc,
A pétales frôlants et lents.

Voici des vols de lumineux ramiers
Planant, ainsi que des présages,
Dans le ciel clair du paysage

Voici, pareils à des baisers tombés sur terre
De la bouche du frêle azur,
Deux bleus étangs simples et purs,
Bordés naïvement de fleurs involontaires.

Ô la splendeur de notre joie et de nous-mêmes,
En ce jardin où nous vivons de nos emblèmes.


Scheme AB CC BXB BBA CCBB BB
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 111111111 1110111111 1010101 101111 1110101 0111111 111111 1111110 101111 111111110 1111101 111111 1111111 11110111111 11101111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 585
Words 105
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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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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