Analysis of La forêt magique

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



La forêt songe, bleue et pâle,
Dans un féerique demi-jour.
Tout s'y voit spectral, d'aspect sourd,
Par cette nuit d'ambre et d'opale.

Là, c'est un cerf blessé qui râle...
Ici, d'autres, pâmés d'amour...
La forêt songe, bleue et pâle,
Dans un féerique demi-jour.

Ailleurs, une laie et son mâle
Et leurs marcassins tout autour !...
Et, tandis qu'un frais zéphyr court,
Venant la reposer du hâle,
La forêt songe, bleue et pâle.


Scheme ABca abAB abcaA
Poetic Form
Metre 11111110 1111101 11111111 111111 11111110 111111 11111110 1111101 1111110 11111 11111111 111110 11111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 446
Words 73
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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