Analysis of Les Vierges
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Le cœur des vierges de vingt ans
Est inquiet comme la feuille,
Et tout leur corps aspire et cueille
Les confidences du Printemps.
Le jour, aux parfums excitants
Du lilas et du chèvrefeuille,
Le cœur des vierges de vingt ans
Est inquiet comme la feuille.
Le soir, sur le bord des étangs,
Chacune rôde et se recueille,
Et leur secret que l'ombre accueille
Fait sourire ou pleurer longtemps
Le cœur des vierges de vingt ans.
| Scheme | ABba abAB abbaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Rondel |
| Metre | 01111111 011111 11110111 11000110 011011 111111 01111111 011111 0110111 111111 1110111 11111 01111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 424 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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