Analysis of Les Visions roses

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



Corolles et boutons de roses,
La fraise et la mousse des bois
Mettent le désir aux abois
Au fond des cœurs les plus moroses !

Qui rappelle certaines choses
Aux bons vieux galants d’autrefois ?
Corolles et boutons de roses,
La fraise et la mousse des bois.

— Je revois tes chairs toutes roses,
Les dards aigus de tes seins froids,
Et puis tes lèvres ! quand je vois
Dans leurs si langoureuses poses
Corolles et boutons de roses !  


Scheme ABaa aaAB aaaxA
Poetic Form
Metre 111110 1111111 101111 11111111 1111 11111 111110 1111111 1111110 1111111 11111111 111110 111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 432
Words 78
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maurice Rollinat

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