Analysis of Si nostre vie est moins qu'une journée

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



Si nostre vie est moins qu'une journée
En l'eternel, si l'an qui faict le tour
Chasse nos jours sans espoir de retour,
Si périssable est toute chose née,

Que songes-tu, mon ame emprisonnée ?
Pourquoy te plaist l'obscur de nostre jour,
Si pour voler en un plus cler sejour,
Tu as au dos l'aele bien empanée ?

La, est le bien que tout esprit desire,
La, le repos où tout le monde aspire,
La, est l'amour, la, le plaisir encore.

La, ô mon ame au plus hault ciel guidée !
Tu y pouras recongnoistre l'Idée
De la beauté, qu'en ce monde j'adore.


Scheme ABBA AXBA XXC AAC
Poetic Form
Metre 111011111 111111101 1111111 111011111 1111111 1111111 11111111 11111111 101011101010 101110101 101101011 111111111 1111111 1111111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 543
Words 101
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
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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