Analysis of Plus qu'aux bords Aetëans le brave fils d'Eson

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



Plus qu'aux bords Aetëans le brave fils d'Eson,
Qui par enchantement conquit la riche laine,
Des dents d'un vieux serpent ensemençant la plaine
N'engendra de soldats au champ de la toison,

Cette ville, qui fut en sa jeune saison
Un hydre de guerriers, se vit bravement pleine
De braves nourrissons, dont la gloire hautaine
A rempli du Soleil l'une et l'autre maison :

Mais qui finalement, ne se trouvant au monde
Hercule qui domptât semence tant féconde,
D'une horrible fureur l'un contre l'autre armés,

Se moissonnèrent tous par un soudain orage,
Renouvelant entre eux la fraternelle rage
Qui aveugla jadis les fiers soldats semés.


Scheme AAAA AAAA BBC DDC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110111 1111111 11111101111 11111111 111111110 11111111 1111111 0110111110 11111111 11111111 11001111111 11111111 1101111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 634
Words 105
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
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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