Analysis of La Ventouse

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



La Ventouse bâille et sourit,
Toujours neuve et toujours masquée
Pour notre œil fou, sage ou contrit ;
Corolle aspireuse, et braquée
Sur notre sang qui la fleurit.

Elle nous tente et nous flétrit
De son haleine âcre et musquée,
Puis, bientôt, elle nous tarit,
        La Ventouse,

Jusqu’au fin fond de notre esprit
Sa succion est pratiquée :
La Mort, beaucoup moins compliquée,
Mange nos corps qu’elle pourrit ;
Mais c’est tout l’homme qui nourrit
        La Ventouse !


Scheme ababa abaC abbaaC
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 111111 11011111 11111 1101111 1111111 1111111 111111 11 11111001 110111 111111 11111 111111 11
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 482
Words 76
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 6
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Maurice Rollinat

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