Analysis of Si tu m'en crois, Baïf, tu changeras Parnasse

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



Si tu m'en crois, Baïf, tu changeras Parnasse
Au palais de Paris, Hélicon au parquet,
Ton laurier en un sac, et ta lyre au caquet
De ceux qui, pour serrer, la main n'ont jamais lasse.

C'est à ce métier-là que les biens on amasse,
Non à celui des vers, où moins y a d'acquêt
Qu'au métier d'un bouffon ou celui d'un naquet.
Fi du plaisir, Baïf, qui sans profit se passe.

Laissons donc, je te prie, ces babillardes soeurs,
Ce causeur Apollon, et ces vaines douceurs,
Qui pour tout leur trésor n'ont que des lauriers verts.

Aux choses de profit, ou celles qui font rire,
Les grands ont aujourd'hui les oreilles de cire,
Mais ils les ont de fer pour écouter les vers.


Scheme ABBA AXBA AAA CCA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111111 101110110101 1111111111 1111111111 1111111111 1111111011 111111111111 11111111011 11111111 1111111 11111111111 1111011111 1111011111 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 679
Words 125
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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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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