Sur la côte

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



Un vent rude soufflait par les azurs cendrés,
Quand du côté de l'aube, ouverte à l'avalanche,
L'horizon s'ébranla dans une charge blanche
Et dans un galop fou de nuages cabrés.

Le jour entier, jour clair, jour sans pluie et sans brume,
Les crins sautants, les flancs dorés, la croupe en feu,
Ils ruèrent leur course à travers l'éther bleu,
Dans un envolement d'argent pâle et d'écume.

Et leur élan grandit encor lorsque le soir,
Coupant l'espace entier de son grand geste noir,
Les poussa vers la mer, où criaient les rafales,

Et que l'ample soleil de juin, tombé de haut,
Se débattit, sanglant, sous leur farouche assaut,
Comme un rouge étalon dans un rut de cavales.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA CXXC DDA EEA
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 688
Words 118
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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