Les Deux Petits Frères

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



Ils s’en reviennent de l’école,
Un livre dans leur petit sac.
— Au loin, on entend le ressac
De la Creuse qui dégringole.

L’aîné rapporte une bricole,
De la chandelle et du tabac.
Ils s’en reviennent de l’école,
Un livre dans leur petit sac.

Mais la nuit vient ; dans sa rigole
La grenouille fait son coac,
Et tous les deux, ayant le trac
Et tirant leur pied qui se colle,
Ils s’en reviennent de l’école.

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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 422
Words 77
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5

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