La Belle Dame

Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)



Dans le chaland moussu, la petiote ignorant
      Sa figure comme son âme,
Pour la première fois, près de sa sœur qui rame,
      Va sur l’étang vert transparent.

« Oh ! fait-elle, soudain, vois donc la belle dame
      Là, dans l’eau, l’œil bien grand... bien grand ! »
Et, le cœur gros, les yeux déjà mouillés, reprend :
      « Moi ! j’voudrais ben l’embrasser, dame ! »

La sœur répond : « Pleur’ pas ! c’te personn’là, ma foi !
      Est ni plus ni moins bell’ que toi. »
      Puis, elle ajoute, goguenarde :

« Au surplus, ton envie est commode à passer !
      Tu n’as toi-mêm’ qu’à t’embrasser
      Puisque c’est toi-mêm’ que tu r’gardes.  

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBA CXAC XAA DDX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 699
Words 106
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

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