Analysis of La Marchande d'écrevisses

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



Aux portes des cafés où s’attablent les vices,
Elle va tous les soirs offrant des écrevisses
Sur un petit clayon tapissé de persil.
Elle a l’œil en amande orné d’un grand sourcil
Et des cheveux frisés blonds comme de la paille.
Or, ses lèvres en fleur qu’un sourire entre-bâille,
Tentent les carabins qui fument sur les bancs,
Et comme elle a des seins droits, et que, peu tombants
Ses jupons laissent voir sa jambe ronde et saine,
Chacun d’eux lui chuchote un compliment obscène.


Scheme AABBBBAACD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111110 11111111 11101111 1011111111 1111111111 111111111011 11111111 11101111111 111111111 11101110011
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 500
Words 86
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 371
Words per stanza (avg) 84
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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