L'Enterrement d'une fourmi

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



Les Fourmis sont en grand émoi :
L’âme du nid, la reine est morte !
Au bas d’une très vieille porte,
Sous un chêne, va le convoi.

Le vent cingle sur le sol froid
La nombreuse et fragile escorte.
Les fourmis sont en grand émoi :
L’âme du nid, la reine est morte !

Un tout petit je ne sais quoi
Glisse, tiré par la plus forte :
C’est le corbillard qui transporte
La défunte au caveau du roi.
Les fourmis sont en grand émoi !

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABbx bbAB xbbxA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 435
Words 82
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5

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