Analysis of Ne pense pas, Bouju, que les nymphes latines

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



Ne pense pas, Bouju, que les nymphes latines
Pour couvrir leur traïson d'une humble privauté,
Ni pour masquer leur teint d'une fausse beauté,
Me fassent oublier nos nymphes angevines.

L'angevine douceur, les paroles divines,
L'habit qui ne tient rien de l'impudicité,
La grâce, la jeunesse et la simplicité
Me dégoûtent, Bouju, de ces vieilles Alcines.

Qui les voit par-dehors ne peut rien voir plus beau,
Mais le dedans ressemble au dedans d'un tombeau,
Et si rien entre nous moins honnête se nomme.

O quelle gourmandise ! ô quelle pauvreté !
O quelle horreur de voir leur immondicité !
C'est vraiment de les voir le salut d'un jeune homme.


Scheme ABBA ABBA XCC BBC
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 111111101 11111111 111111 110011011 110111111 11111111 111111111 11111111111 101111111 11110111111 11111 1111111 11111011111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 654
Words 107
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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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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