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Rosemonde

Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 (Rome) – 1918 (Paris)

Longtemps au pied du perron de
La maison où entra la dame
Que j'avais suivie pendant deux
Bonnes heures à Amsterdam
Mes doigts jetèrent des baisers

Mais le canal était désert
Le quai aussi et nul ne vit
Comment mes baisers retrouvèrent
Celle à qui j'ai donné ma vie
Un jour pendant plus de deux heures

Je la surnommai Rosemonde
Voulant pouvoir me rappeler
Sa bouche fleurie en Hollande
Puis lentement je m'en allai
Pour quêter la Rose du Monde

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBXB AAXXB AXAXX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 446
Words 82
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
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Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire was an Italian-born French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic born in Rome, in Italy, to a Polish mother. more…

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