Les Cloportes

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



Au bas d’un vieux mur qui s’écroule,
Par delà fermes et guérets,
Les cloportes, lents et secrets,
Rampaient, ignorés de la poule.

Je longeais un ruisseau qui coule,
Lorsque j’aperçus les pauvrets
Au bas d’un vieux mur qui s’écroule.
Par delà fermes et guérets.

Comme ils étaient loin de la foule,
Dans ces gravats mornes et frais !
Je voulus les voir de plus près ;
Mais ils se roulèrent en boule
Au bas d’un vieux mur qui s’écroule.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABba abAB abbaA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 459
Words 80
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5

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