L'Étoile d'un fou
Maurice Rollinat 1846 (Châteauroux) – 1903 (Ivry-sur-Seine)
À force de songer, je suis au bout du songe ;
Mon pas n’avance plus pour le voyage humain,
Aujourd’hui comme hier, hier comme demain,
Rengaine de tourment, d’horreur et de mensonge !
Il me faut voir sans cesse, où que mon regard plonge,
En tous lieux, se dresser la Peur sur mon chemin ;
Satan fausse mes yeux, l’ennui rouille ma main,
Et l’ombre de la Mort devant moi se prolonge.
Reviens donc, bonne étoile, à mon triste horizon.
Unique espoir d’un fou qui pleure sa raison,
Laisse couler sur moi ta lumière placide ;
Luis encore ! et surtout, cher Astre médecin,
Accours me protéger, si jamais dans mon sein
Serpentait l’éclair rouge et noir du Suicide.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBA ABBA BBC BBC |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 673 |
Words | 116 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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