Analysis of La Morte
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Miné de chagrin, l’homme croule
Près du lit à baldaquin bleu
Où sa femme gît au milieu
Sous le drap tendu qui la moule.
Voilà que son doux orphelin
Monte sur une chaise, et câlin,
Passe ses mains d’étrange sorte
Sur la figure de la morte.
Le père tressaille — il a peur...
Et, défigé de sa stupeur
Devant la forme longue et roide,
« Que fais-tu, p’tit ? » et tristement,
L’enfant répond : « J’réchauff’ maman.
Si tu savais ? elle est si froide !
| Scheme | AAAA BBCC DDC CBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 111111 11111101 1011111 11111 10111111 111111 1110111 0111101 111111 111111 111111 111111 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 471 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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