Celle que Pyrrhe et le Mars de Libye

Joachim du Bellay 1525 (Liré) – 1560 (Paris)



Celle que Pyrrhe et le Mars de Libye
N'ont su dompter, cette brave cité
Qui d'un courage au mal exercité
Soutint le choc de la commune envie,

Tant que sa nef par tant d'ondes ravie
Eut contre soi tout le monde incité,
On n'a point vu le roc d'adversité
Rompre sa course heureusement suivie :

Mais défaillant l'objet de sa vertu,
Son pouvoir s'est de lui-même abattu,
Comme celui que le cruel orage

A longuement gardé de faire abord,
Si trop grand vent le chasse sur le port,
Dessus le port se voit faire naufrage.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAAB BAAB AAC AAC
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 515
Words 96
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Joachim du Bellay

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