Nocturne

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




L’aboîment des chiens dans la nuit
Fait songer les âmes qui pleurent,
Qui frissonnent et qui se meurent,
À bout de souffrance et d’ennui.

Ils ne comprennent pas ce bruit,
Ceux-là que les chagrins effleurent !
L’aboîment des chiens dans la nuit
Fait songer les âmes qui pleurent.

Mais, hélas ! quand l’espoir s’enfuit,
Et que, seuls, les regrets demeurent,
Quand tous les sentiments nous leurrent,
Alors on écoute et l’on suit
L’aboîment des chiens dans la nuit.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAax aaAA aaaaA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 480
Words 78
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5

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