Analysis of Les Babillardes

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



Bavardes comme des perruches,
Elles cheminent vers le puits
Qui bâille au milieu des grands buis,
— Les abeilles rentrent aux ruches,

En grignotant le pain des huches,
Elles font des haltes, et puis,
Bavardes comme des perruches,
Elles cheminent vers le puits.

Elles vont balançant leurs cruches,
Et moi, des yeux, tant que je puis,
Dans le crépuscule je suis
Ces diseuses de fanfreluches,
Bavardes comme des perruches.


Scheme AAaa aaAA aaaaA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 11101 111101111 11111 110111 111111 1111 11101 1110111 11111111 101111 1111 1111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 420
Words 71
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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