Le Bassin vert

Henri de Regnier 1864 (Honfleur) – 1936 (Paris)



Son bronze qui fut chair l’érige en l’eau verdie,
Déesse d’autrefois triste d’être statue ;
La mousse peu à peu couvre l’épaule nue,
Et l’urne qui se tait pèse à la main roidie ;

L’onde qui s’engourdit mire avec perfidie
L’ombre que toute chose en elle est devenue,
Et son miroir fluide où s’allonge une nue
Imite inversement un ciel qu’il parodie.

Le gazon toujours vert ressemble au bassin glauque.
C’est le même carré de verdure équivoque
Dont le marbre ou le buis encadrent l’herbe ou l’eau.

Et dans l’eau smaragdine et l’herbe d’émeraude,
Regarde, tour à tour, errer en ors rivaux
La jaune feuille morte et le cyprin qui rôde.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABA ABBA CCX AXA
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 674
Words 111
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Henri de Regnier

Henri-François-Joseph de Régnier was a French symbolist poet, considered one of the most important of France during the early 20th century. more…

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