Analysis of Le Solitaire
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Au sommet de la tour étrange
Habite un énorme crapaud.
— Qui peut t’avoir porté si haut ?
Est-ce un diable, ou bien est-ce un ange ?
— As-tu donc trouvé dans la fange
La puissante aile du gerfaut ?
Au sommet de la tour étrange
Habite un énorme crapaud.
— Ne crains pas que je te dérange !
Et, que tu sois bête, ou suppôt
De Satan, suinte à pleine peau,
Heureux comme un rat dans sa grange,
Au sommet de la tour étrange.
| Scheme | ABba abAB abxaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 1111 111111 011111101111 1111111 11111 111111 1111 11111111 111111111 110111 1111111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 435 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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