Hermina

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



J'atteignais l'âge austère où l'on est fort en thème,
Où l'on cherche, enivré d'on ne sait quel parfum,
Afin de pouvoir dire éperdument Je t'aime !
Quelqu'un.

J'entrais dans ma treizième année. Ô feuilles vertes !
Jardins ! croissance obscure et douce du printemps !
Et j'aimais Hermina, dans l'ombre. Elle avait, certes,
Huit ans.

Parfois, bien qu'elle fût à jouer occupée,
J'allais, muet, m'asseoir près d'elle, avec ferveur,
Et je la regardais regarder sa poupée,
Rêveur.

Il est une heure étrange où l'on sent l'âme naître ;
Un jour, j'eus comme un chant d'aurore au fond du coeur.
Soit, pensai-je, avançons, parlons ! c'est l'instant d'être
Vainqueur !

Je pris un air profond, et je lui dis : - Minette,
Unissons nos destins. Je demande ta main. -
Elle me répondit par cette pichenette :
- Gamin !

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXB CCCC ADAD DDDD EBEB
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 823
Words 131
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 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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