Analysis of Tu sois la bienvenue, ô bienheureuse trêve !

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



Tu sois la bienvenue, ô bienheureuse trêve !
Trêve que le chrétien ne peut assez chanter,
Puisque seule tu as la vertu d'enchanter
De nos travaux passés la souvenance grève.

Tu dois durer cinq ans : et que l'envie en crève :
Car si le ciel bénin te permet enfanter
Ce qu'on attend de toi, tu te pourras vanter
D'avoir fait une paix qui ne sera si brève.

Mais si le favori en ce commun repos
Doit avoir désormais le temps plus à propos
D'accuser l'innocent, pour lui ravir sa terre :

Si le fruit de la paix du peuple tant requis
A l'avare avocat est seulement acquis :
Trêve, va-t'en en paix, et retourne la guerre.


Scheme ABBA ABBA CCB CCB
Poetic Form
Metre 111010111 1110111111 1111111010 111111111 111011111111 110111111 11101111111 11111110111 11011111 11110111 101011001101110 1011111111 0110111 11111111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 627
Words 114
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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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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