Analysis of Ô que celui était cautement sage,

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



Ô que celui était cautement sage,
Qui conseillait, pour ne laisser moisir
Ses citoyens en paresseux loisir,
De pardonner aux remparts de Carthage !

Il prévoyait que le romain courage,
Impatient du languissant plaisir,
Par le repos se laisserait saisir
A la fureur de la civile rage.

Aussi voit-on qu'en un peuple otieux,
Comme l'humeur en un corps vicieux,
L'ambition facilement s'engendre.

Ce qui advint, quand l'envieux orgueil
De ne vouloir ni plus grand ni pareil
Rompit l'accord du beau-père et du gendre.


Scheme ABBC CBBA DDB EEB
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 111111 11111 1111110 111100110 010111 101111 0111111 11111111 111111 101011 111111 11111111 11011111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 509
Words 84
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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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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