Analysis of Épigramme

Henri de Regnier 1864 (Honfleur) – 1936 (Paris)



Pour que ton rire pur, jeune, tendre et léger,
                S’épanouisse en fleur sonore,
Il faut qu’avril verdisse aux pousses du verger,
                Plus vertes d’aurore en aurore,

Il faut que l’air égal annonce le printemps
                Et que la première hirondelle
Rase d’un vol aigu les roseaux de l’étang
                Qui mire son retour fidèle !

Mais, quoique l’écho rie à ton rire avec toi,
                Goutte à goutte et d’une eau lointaine,
N’entends-tu pas gémir et répondre à ta voix
                La plainte faible des fontaines ?


Scheme AAAA BCXC XXBB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 1111111111 11111 11111111 11111 111111010 111111 111111111 111110 111111111 111111 1111111111 11111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 590
Words 83
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
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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Henri de Regnier

Henri-François-Joseph de Régnier was a French symbolist poet, considered one of the most important of France during the early 20th century. more…

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