Analysis of Les Scaliger

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



Ils dorment dans l’armure et couchés sur le dos,
Leurs mains jointes, pourtant, ont l’air prêtes encore
A l’épée, et leurs yeux que l’ombre eut peine à clore
Goûtent sournoisement un sommeil sans repos.

Et celui-là, debout, équestre, tout en haut
Du pinacle ouvragé que son bronze décore,
Semble guetter au loin quelque tragique aurore
Que l’Adige au pont rouge annonce dans ses eaux.

La vie a si longtemps, furieuse et farouche,
Menacé par leur geste et crié par leur bouche
Que l’écho vibre encor du nom des Scaliger ;

Et, pour que de la mort ils ne reviennent plus
Fouler tes dalles, ô Vérone, il a fallu
Entourer leurs tombeaux d’une grille de fer.


Scheme XAAX XAAX BBA XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111101 111111111 011111111111 1111111 11111111 11111111 1111111 111111111 11011111 111111111 111111111 1111111111 11111101 1111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 677
Words 116
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
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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