Analysis of Déjà la nuit en son parc amassait

Joachim du Bellay 1525 (Liré) – 1560 (Paris)



Déjà la nuit en son parc amassait
Un grand troupeau d'étoiles vagabondes,
Et, pour entrer aux cavernes profondes,
Fuyant le jour, ses noirs chevaux chassait ;

Déjà le ciel aux Indes rougissait,
Et l'aube encor de ses tresses tant blondes
Faisant grêler mille perlettes rondes,
De ses trésors les prés enrichissait :

Quand d'occident, comme une étoile vive,
Je vis sortir dessus ta verte rive,
O fleuve mien ! une nymphe en riant.

Alors, voyant cette nouvelle Aurore,
Le jour honteux d'un double teint colore
Et l'Angevin et l'indique orient.


Scheme ABBA ABBA CCA DDA
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 111111 111111 1011111 1101111 1111111011 111111 11111111 11101111 1111111 1111111 11111 011111011 111110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 545
Words 89
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Joachim du Bellay

Joachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade. more…

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