Le Rondeau du guillotiné

Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)



Flac ! le rasoir au dos de plomb
Vient de crouler comme une masse !
Il est tombé net et d’aplomb :
La tête sautille et grimace,
Et le corps gît tout de son long.

Sur le signe d’un monsieur blond,
Le décapité qu’on ramasse
Est coffré, chargé : c’est pas long !
                 Flac !

Le char va comme l’aquilon,
Et dans un coin où l’eau s’amasse
Et que visite la limace,
Un trou jaune, argileux, oblong
Reçoit la boîte à violon :
                 Flac !

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abaxc xbcC dbbcdC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 472
Words 79
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 6

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