Analysis of La Lanterne
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Entre la ronce et la caverne
Un curé va pieusement ;
Il porte le saint-sacrement
Au moribond de la taverne.
Devant ses pas une citerne
Ébauche un affreux bâillement :
Entre la ronce et la caverne
Un curé va pieusement.
Mais voilà que dans la nuit terne
Une étoile subitement
Se décroche du firmament,
Et fait l’office de lanterne
Entre la ronce et la caverne.
| Scheme | ABba abAB abbaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Rondel |
| Metre | 1011111 1111 11011 11111 11111 11111 1011111 1111 1111111 111 11111 11111 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 364 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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