Analysis of Si nos coeurs ont brûlé en des jours exaltants

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



Si nos coeurs ont brûlé en des jours exaltants
D'une amour claire autant que haute,
L'âge aujourd'hui nous fait lâches et indulgents
Et paisibles devant nos fautes.

Tu ne nous grandis plus, ô jeune volonté,
Par ton ardeur non asservie,
Et c'est de calme doux et de pâle bonté
Que se colore notre vie.

Nous sommes au couchant de ton soleil, amour,
Et nous masquons notre faiblesse
Avec les mots banals et les pauvres discours
D'une vaine et lente sagesse.

Oh ! que nous serait triste et honteux l'avenir,
Si dans notre hiver et nos brumes
N'éclatait point, tel un flambeau, le souvenir
Des âmes fières que nous fûmes.


Scheme ABAA BCBC DAAA DADA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 1111111111 111111 11101111111 11111 11110111 11111 1111111101 111101 111111011 111101 11111111 11111 11111111 11101111 111111001 11111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 628
Words 110
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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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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