Analysis of La Chanson Du Malaime

Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 (Rome) – 1918 (Paris)



Un soir de demi-brume à Londres
Un voyou qui ressemblait à
Mon amour vint à ma rencontre
Et le regard qu'il me jeta
Me fit baisser les yeux de honte

Je suivis ce mauvais garçon
Qui sifflotait mains dans les poches
Nous semblions entre les maisons
Onde ouverte de la mer Rouge
Lui les Hébreux moi Pharaon

Qui tombent ces vagues de briques
Si tu ne fus pas bien aimée
Je suis le souverain d'Egypte
Sa sœur-épouse son armée
Si tu n'es pas l'amour unique.


Scheme ABXBB XAAXX ACBCX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1111011 1111 11111 10011111 1111111 111111 111111 111011 111111 10111110 111111 11111111 11011 1111111 111111001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 466
Words 87
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire was an Italian-born French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic born in Rome, in Italy, to a Polish mother. more…

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