La cuisine

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



Au fond, la crémaillère avait son croc pendu,
Le foyer scintillait comme une rouge flaque,
Et ses flammes, mordant incessamment la plaque,
Y rongeaient un sujet obscène en fer fondu.

Le feu s'éjouissait sous le manteau tendu
Sur lui, comme l'auvent par-dessus la baraque,
Dont les bibelots clairs, de bois, d'étain, de laque,
Crépitaient moins aux yeux que le brasier tordu.

Les rayons s'échappaient comme un jet d'émeraudes,
Et, ci et là, partout, donnaient des chiquenaudes
De clarté vive aux brocs de verre, aux plats d'émail,

A voir sur tout relief tomber une étincelle,
On eût dit - tant le feu s'émiettait par parcelle -
Qu'on vannait du soleil à travers un vitrail.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABBA ABBA CCD DDD
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 691
Words 115
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

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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