The Ninth Secret Poem
Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 (Rome) – 1918 (Paris)
I worship your fleece which is the perfect triangle
Of the Goddess
I am the lumberjack of the only virgin forest
O my Eldorado
I am the only fish in your voluptuous ocean
You my lovely Siren
I am the climber on your snowy mountains
O my whitest Alp
I am the heavenly archer at your beautiful mouth
O my darling quiver
I am the hauler of your midnight hair
O lovely ship on the canal of my kisses
And the lilies of your arms are beckoning me
O my summer garden
The fruits of your breast are ripening their honey for me
O my sweet-smelling orchard
And I am raising you O Madeleine O my beauty above the earth
Like the torch of all light
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEEFGHIJKLELMNO |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 698 |
Words | 128 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
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