Cortège

Paul Verlaine 1844 (Metz) – 1896 (Paris)



Un singe en veste de brocart
Trotte et gambade devant elle
Qui froisse un mouchoir de dentelle
Dans sa main gantée avec art,

Tandis qu'un négrillon tout rouge
Maintient à tour de bras les pans
De sa lourde robe en suspens,
Attentif à tout pli qui bouge ;

Le singe ne perd pas des yeux
La gorge blanche de la dame.
Opulent trésor que réclame
Le torse nu de l'un des dieux ;

Le négrillon parfois soulève
Plus haut qu'il ne faut, l'aigrefin,
Son fardeau somptueux, afin
De voir ce dont la nuit il rêve ;

Elle va par les escaliers,
Et ne paraît pas davantage
Sensible à l'insolent suffrage
De ses animaux familiers.
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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA CDDC DEED FGGF DCXD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 628
Words 116
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Paul Verlaine

Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry. more…

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