Le Cœur mort
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
Je rêvais que mon cœur flottait dans le château
Au-dessus d’une coupe étrange et poussiéreuse :
— Pour y saigner, bien sûr ! Car sa plaie est si creuse
Que le temps y retourne encore le couteau !
Eh quoi ? La chose alors était par trop affreuse :
Ni la meule du spleen, ni les coups de marteau
Du malheur, ni l’angoisse aux mâchoires d’étau
Ne pouvaient exprimer sa pourpre douloureuse.
Mon cœur vit ! m’écriai-je, il palpite ; il ressent !
Je perçois son tic-tac, et certes, c’est du sang,
Du sang qui va couler de sa blessure ouverte !
Mais non ! Il était mort, archi-mort, et si mûr,
Qu’une larme de pus nauséabonde et verte
En suinta lentement comme l’eau d’un vieux mur.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABBA BAAB AXA CAC |
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Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 119 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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