L'Odeur

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



Si tu songes l’Amour, si tu rêves la Mort,
Si ton miroir est trouble à te sourire, écoute
Les feuilles, feuille à feuille, et l’onde, goutte à goutte,
Tomber de la fontaine et de l’arbre. Tout dort.

La rose de septembre et le tournesol d’or
Ont dit l’été qui brûle et l’automne qui doute ;
Le bosquet s’entrelace et la grotte se voûte,
Le dédale et l’écho te tromperaient encor.

Laisse l’allée oblique et le carrefour traître
Et ne regarde pas à travers la fenêtre
Du pavillon fermé dont la clef est perdue.

Silence ! L’ombre est là ; viens respirer plutôt,
Ainsi que les hermès et les blanches statues,
L’amère odeur du buis autour des calmes eaux.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAA BACB BBX CXX
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 686
Words 117
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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