Masque

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



Avec la laideur rustique
De ton masque biscornu,
Où le regard raille, oblique,
La bouche au rire dentu,

Avec tes cornes pareilles,
Faune, en pointes à ton front,
Ton nez et tes deux oreilles,
On a fait un mascaron

Qu’on a sculpté dans un marbre
D’un ocre veiné de sang,
Qui ressemble aux feuilles d’arbre
De l’automne finissant.

Mais déjà tu peux à l’ombre,
Des pins hauts et des cyprès,
Avant que la feuille tombe
Des cimes de la forêt,

Venir boire à la fontaine
Où ta bouche jette une eau
Fraîche, pure, égale et saine
A puiser quand il fait chaud.

Et tu verras dans la vasque
Te sourire, en son reflet,
D’un sourire vrai, le masque
De ce Faune que tu es !

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAC DCDB EAEC EDXC BXBC ACAD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 668
Words 126
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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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