Analysis of Silence
Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme 1839 (Paris) – 1907 (Châtenay-Malabry)
La pudeur n'a pas de clémence,
Nul aveu ne reste impuni,
Et c'est par le premier nenni
Que l'ère des douleurs commence.
De ta bouche où ton coeur s'élance
Que l'aveu reste donc banni !
Le coeur peut offrir l'infini
Dans la profondeur du silence.
Baise sa main sans la presser
Comme un lis facile à blesser,
Qui tremble à la moindre secousse ;
Et l'aimant sans nommer l'amour,
Tais-lui que sa présence est douce,
La tienne sera douce un jour.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101111 11111 1110011 1111101 11111111 11111 01111 111110 1111110 111101 110111 111110 1101111011 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 452 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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