Chanson

Henri de Regnier 1864 (Honfleur) – 1936 (Paris)



J’ai fleuri l’ombre odorante
Et j’ai parfumé la nuit
De la senteur expirante
De ces roses d’aujourd’hui.

En elles se continue,
Pétale à pétale, un peu
Du charme de t’avoir vue
Les cueillir toutes en feu.

Est-ce moi, si ce sont elles ?
Tout change et l’on cherche en vain
A faire une heure éternelle
D’un instant qui fut divin ;

Mais tant qu’elles sont vivantes
De ce qui reste de lui
Respire l’ombre odorante
De ces roses d’aujourd’hui.
  

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aaaB cxcx dxec deaB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 459
Words 79
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Henri de Regnier

Henri-François-Joseph de Régnier was a French symbolist poet, considered one of the most important of France during the early 20th century. more…

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