Analysis of La Meunière

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



La meunière, une forte et rougeaude jeunesse,
Chantait dans sa charrette en piquant son bardeau ;
Tout à coup, l’animal quittant son pas lourdaud,
Partit brusque ! il venait de sentir une ânesse.

Celle-ci, l’ayant vu du fond du brouillard pâle,
D’un long cri de désir hélait le bourriquot
Lequel hâtait sa course en ébranlant l’écho
D’un grand hi-han tout plein de sa vigueur de mâle.

Jointe, ce fut l’éclair ! Entre ses pieds roidis
Il lui serra les flancs et l’eut toute ! Et, tandis
Qu’allaient se consommant ces amours bucoliques,

Renversée en arrière, avec un œil fripon,
La meunière, à deux mains rabattant son jupon,
Riait, jambes en l’air sur les limons obliques.


Scheme ABBA CBXC AAA DDA
Poetic Form
Metre 111110111 1110111011 1111111 11111111 11111110110 1111111101 111111111 111111111110 1111110111 110101111111 111111 111111111 11111111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 700
Words 113
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) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maurice Rollinat

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