Analysis of Les Deux Petits Frères

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



Ils s’en reviennent de l’école,
Un livre dans leur petit sac.
— Au loin, on entend le ressac
De la Creuse qui dégringole.

L’aîné rapporte une bricole,
De la chandelle et du tabac.
Ils s’en reviennent de l’école,
Un livre dans leur petit sac.

Mais la nuit vient ; dans sa rigole
La grenouille fait son coac,
Et tous les deux, ayant le trac
Et tirant leur pied qui se colle,
Ils s’en reviennent de l’école.


Scheme ABba abAB abbaA
Poetic Form Rondel 
Metre 111111 1111101 111101 111111 11111 111111 111111 1111101 1111111 1010111 1111101 1111111 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 422
Words 77
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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