En marchant le matin

Victor Marie Hugo 1802 (Besançon) – 1885 (Paris)



Puisque là-bas s'entr'ouvre une porte vermeille,
Puisque l'aube blanchit le bord de l'horizon,
Pareille au serviteur qui le premier s'éveille
Et, sa lampe à la main, marche dans la maison,

Puisqu'un blême rayon argente la fontaine,
Puisqu'à travers les bois l'immense firmament
Jette une lueur pâle et calme que la plaine
Regarde vaguement,

Puisque le point du jour sur les monts vient d'éclore,
Je m'en vais dans les champs tristes, vivants et doux ;
Je voudrais bien savoir où l'on trouve une aurore
Pour cette sombre nuit que nous avons en nous !

Que fait l'homme ? La vie est-elle une aventure ?
Que verra-t-on après et de l'autre côté ?
Tout frissonne. Est-ce à moi que tu parles, nature,
Dans cette obscurité ?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XCBC DEDE DCXC
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 734
Words 120
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Victor Marie Hugo

Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831. Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He was buried in the Panthéon. more…

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