Les stalactites

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme 1839 (Paris) – 1907 (Châtenay-Malabry)



J'aime les grottes où la torche
Ensanglante une épaisse nuit,
Où l'écho fait, de porche en porche,
Un grand soupir du moindre bruit.

Les stalactites à la voûte
Pendent en pleurs pétrifiés
Dont l'humidité, goutte à goutte,
Tombe lentement à mes pieds.

Il me semble qu'en ces ténèbres
Règne une douloureuse paix ;
Et devant ces longs pleurs funèbres
Suspendus sans sécher jamais,

Je pense aux âmes affligées
dorment d'anciennes amours :
Toutes les larmes sont figées,
Quelque chose y pleure toujours.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB BCBC CCCC CCCC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 514
Words 83
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme

René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist.  more…

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