Combien elle est facilement ravie

Emile Verhaeren 1855 (Sint-Amands) – 1916 (Rouen)



Combien elle est facilement ravie
Avec ses yeux d'extase ignée ;
Elle, la douce et résignée
Si simplement devant la vie.

Ce soir, comme un regard la surprenait fervente
Et comme un mot la transportait
Au pur jardin de joie, où elle était
Tout à la fois reine et servante.

Humble d'elle mais ardente de nous,
C'était à qui ploierait les deux genoux,
Pour recueillir le merveilleux bonheur
Qui, mutuel, nous débordait du coeur.

Nous écoutions se taire, en nous, la violence
De l'exaltant amour qu'emprisonnaient nos bras
Et le vivant silence
Dire des mots que nous ne savions pas.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA CCCC DDEE FXFX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 581
Words 101
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Emile Verhaeren

Emile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. more…

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