Analysis of L'Encelade

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



Les hauts buis d’alentour bordent un rond-point d’eau.
Aux angles du bassin, devant leurs ombres graves,
La Déesse aux yeux durs et le Dieu aux yeux caves
Tiennent l’un le trident et l’autre le marteau.

Au centre, enseveli dans un vivant tombeau,
Un Encelade tord, sous l’amas noir des laves,
Son gigantesque corps qui, nu dans ses entraves,
Sent peser la vengeance et le roc pour fardeau.

Sa gorge horrible, tout le jour, a fait jaillir
L’écume qui retombe autour de lui, soupir
Monstrueux et grondant de sa rage enchaînée.

Mais, avec le soir sombre et l’heure qui s’avance,
A mesure, l’on voit, de sa bouche acharnée,
Le jet d’eau qui décroît accroître le silence.


Scheme ABBA XBBA CCD BDX
Poetic Form
Metre 111111111 1101101111 111111101111 110101101 11011111 111110111 11111111 1111010111 11100101011 111111101 111111111 110111111 011111111 011111111010
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 689
Words 117
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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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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