Analysis of La Tache blanche

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



Dure au mordant soleil, longtemps épanouie
Aux grands effluves lourds et tièdes du vent plat,
La neige, ayant enfin fléchi, perdu l’éclat,
Venait de consommer sa fonte sous la pluie.

L’espace détendu ! le bruit désemmuré !
Et les cieux bleus, enfin ! pour mes regards moroses,
Avides de revoir le vieil aspect des choses,
Tout surgissait nouveau du sol désengouffré.

Soudain, au creux d’un ravin noir,
      Un soupçon de neige fit voir
      Sa tache pâle, si peureuse

Que je me figurai, songeur,
      Un dernier frisson de blancheur
      Au fond d’une âme ténébreuse !


Scheme XAAX BCCB BBC BBC
Poetic Form
Metre 11100111 1111111111 111111111 11111111 1110111 1111111011 110101111 1111111 1111101 1111111 111011 11111 11111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 602
Words 92
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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