Analysis of Tant que l'oiseau de Jupiter vola,

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



Tant que l'oiseau de Jupiter vola,
Portant le feu dont le ciel nous menace,
Le ciel n'eut peur de l'effroyable audace
Qui des Géants le courage affola :

Mais aussitôt que le Soleil brûla
L'aile qui trop se fit la terre basse,
La terre mit hors de sa lourde masse
L'antique horreur qui le droit viola.

Alors on vit la corneille germaine
Se déguisant feindre l'aigle romaine,
Et vers le ciel s'élever derechef

Ces braves monts autrefois mis en poudre,
Ne voyant plus voler dessus leur chef
Ce grand oiseau ministre de la foudre.


Scheme ABBA ACCA DDE FEF
Poetic Form
Metre 11111001 101101110 0111111 11110101 111100111 111111101 11011111111 1011101010 1111101 1111101 11011101 1111111 1111111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 527
Words 95
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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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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