Analysis of Mes girouettes
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Elles grincent, mes girouettes,
Sur le pauvre toit en lambeaux.
Tous les arbres, grands et nabots,
Ont de lugubres silhouettes !
Dans la saison des alouettes,
Quand les cieux dorment sans flambeaux,
Elles grincent mes girouettes
Sur le pauvre toit en lambeaux.
Comme elles font des pirouettes
Dès que les jours ne sont plus beaux !
Le matin, avec les corbeaux,
Et le soir, avec les chouettes,
Elles grincent mes girouettes !
| Scheme | AAaa aaAA aaaaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 101111 111111 11101 111011 111111 1111 101111 111101 111111111 01111 101111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 422 |
| Words | 71 |
| 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) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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