Analysis of Extase du soir

Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)



Droits et longs, par les prés, de beaux fils de la Vierge
Horizontalement tremblent aux arbrisseaux.
La lumière et le vent vernissent les ruisseaux.
Et du sol, çà et là, la violette émerge.

Comme le ciel sans tache, incendiant d’azur
Les grands lointains des bois et des hauteurs farouches,
La rivière, au frisson de ses petites mouches,
A dormi, tout le jour, son miroitement pur.

Dans l’espace, à présent voilé sans être sombre,
Des morceaux lumineux joignent des places d’ombre,
Du ciel frais tombe un soir bleuâtre, extasiant.

Et, tandis que, pâmé, le peuplier s’allonge,
Le soleil bas, dans l’eau, fait un trou flamboyant
Où le regard brûlé s’abîme avec le songe.


Scheme ABBA CBBC CCD ADA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111111111 1111 111101111 111111011 1011111 111111111 111111111 01101111 11111111 11111101 111111111 11111011 001111111010 10011111101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 693
Words 114
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 127
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maurice Rollinat

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