Analysis of Le Jambon

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



Je le vois toujours, ce jambon,
Avec un appétit nouveau.
Fier, il pendait au soliveau
Antique et noir comme un charbon.

Oh ! devait-il être assez bon !
Gros comme une cuisse de veau !
Je le vois toujours, ce jambon.
Avec un appétit nouveau.

Il me hantait pour tout de bon
L’estomac comme le cerveau,
Mais je viens d’en manger. Bravo !
Cette chair est un vrai bonbon.
— Je le vois toujours ce jambon.


Scheme ABba abAB abbaA
Poetic Form Rondel 
Metre 101111 11111 11111 0111111 111111 111111 101111 11111 1111111 1101 11111010 1101111 101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 404
Words 74
Sentences 12
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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