Analysis of Tels que l'on vit jadis les enfants de la Terre

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



Tels que l'on vit jadis les enfants de la Terre
Plantés dessus les monts pour écheller les cieux,
Combattre main à main la puissance des dieux,
Et Jupiter contre eux, qui ses foudres desserre :

Puis tout soudainement renversés du tonnerre
Tomber deçà delà ces squadrons furieux,
La Terre gémissante, et le Ciel glorieux
D'avoir à son honneur achevé cette guerre :

Tel encore on a vu par-dessus les humains
Le front audacieux des sept coteaux romains
Lever contre le ciel son orgueilleuse face :

Et tels ores on voit ces champs déshonorés
Regretter leur ruine, et les dieux assurés
Ne craindre plus là-haut si effroyable audace.


Scheme ABBA ABBX BBB BBB
Poetic Form
Metre 111111111110 111111111 1111111 1100111111 1111111 1111101 110111011 111111 111011111 0111111 10101111 1111111111 11111111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 636
Words 106
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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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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