Analysis of Tranquillité

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



Mon sentiment s’écroule et tombe,
L’indifférence me remplit,
Car ma haine s’ensevelit
Pendant que ma pitié succombe.

La femme couleuvre et colombe
N’est pour moi qu’un fait accompli
Mon sentiment s’écroule et tombe,
L’indifférence me remplit.

Sous la rafale, sous la trombe,
Mon calme inerte et sans un pli
Dort les longs sommeils de l’oubli
En attendant ceux de la tombe :
Mon sentiment s’écroule et tombe.


Scheme ABba acAB accaA
Poetic Form
Metre 11001111 1111 1111 101111 1111010 1111110 11001111 1111 1101111 1111111 111111 10101111 11001111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 428
Words 68
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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