Analysis of Le grand flambeau gouverneur de l'année

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



Le grand flambeau gouverneur de l'année,
Par la vertu de l'enflammée corne
Du blanc thaureau, prez, montz, rivaiges orne
De mainte fleur du sang des princes née.

Puis de son char la rouë estant tournée
Vers le cartier prochain du Capricorne,
Froid est le vent, la saison nue et morne,
Et toute fleur devient seiche et fanée.

Ainsi, alors que sur moy tu etens,
Ô mon Soleil ! tes clercs rayons epars,
Sentir me fais un gracieux printens.

Mais tout soudain que de moy tu depars,
Je sens en moy venir de toutes pars
Plus d'un hyver, tout en un mesme tens.


Scheme ABBA ABBA CCC CCC
Poetic Form
Metre 01111111 1111111 1111111 1111111011 111111111 10100111 10101110111 11111111 1111111 1011111 111111 11111111 11111111 111111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 564
Words 103
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 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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