Analysis of La grande cascade

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



A cette heure, elle n'est sensible,
La grande cascade du roc,
Qui par son tonnerre d'un bloc,
La nuit la rend toute invisible.

Et, pourtant, sa rumeur compacte
Décèle son bavement fou,
Sa chute à pic, en casse-cou,
Son ruement lourd de cataracte.

Un instant, l'astre frais et pur
Écarte son nuage obscur,
Comme un oeil lève sa paupière ;

Et l'on croit voir, subitement,
Crouler des murs de diamant
Dans un abîme de lumière.


Scheme ABBA CXXC DDE CCE
Poetic Form
Metre 0111101100 110111 1111111 111110100 11111 110111 111111 11111 1101111 1111 11111111 111111 1111100 1111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 436
Words 76
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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