Le Guignon (ill-starred) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC DDC AAC A ECFA CECC AGC ECA E H AIIA JKJK DDC AAC D A LIIL DKKD MMA AAA G A NLNLCAAA ACA AAA E

Pour soulever un poids si lourdA
Sisyphe il faudrait ton courageB
Bien qu'on ait du coeur l'ouvrageB
L'Art est long et le Temps est courtA
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Loin des s pultures c l bresC
Vers un cimeti re isolD
Mon coeur comme un tambour voilD
Va battant des marches fun bresC
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Maint joyau dort enseveliD
Dans les t n bres et l'oubliD
Bien loin des pioches et des sondesC
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Mainte fleur panche regretA
Son parfum doux comme un secretA
Dans les solitudes profondesC
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Evil FateA
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To lift a weight so heavyE
Would take your courage SisyphusC
Although one's heart is in the workF
Art is long and Time is shortA
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Far from famous sepulchersC
Toward a lonely cemeteryE
My heart like muffled drumsC
Goes beating funeral marchesC
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Many a jewel lies buriedA
In darkness and oblivionG
Far far away from picks and drillsC
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Many a flower regretfullyE
Exhales perfume soft as secretsC
In a profound solitudeA
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Translated by William AggelerE
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Ill LuckH
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So huge a burden to supportA
Your courage Sisyphus would askI
Well though my heart attacks its taskI
Yet Art is long and Time is shortA
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Far from the famed memorial archJ
Towards a lonely grave I comeK
My heart in its funereal marchJ
Goes beating like a muffled drumK
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Yet many a gem lies hidden stillD
Of whom no pick axe spade or drillD
The lonely secrecy invadesC
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And many a flower to heal regretA
Pours forth its fragrant secret yetA
Amidst the solitary shadesC
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Translated by Roy CampbellD
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Ill StarredA
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A man would needs be brave and strongL
As Sisyphus for such a taskI
It is not greater zeal I askI
But life is brief and art is longL
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To a forsaken mound of clayD
Where no admirers ever comeK
My heart like an invisible drumK
Goes beating a dead march all dayD
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Many a jewel of untold worthM
Lies slumbering at the core of earthM
In darkness and oblivion drownedA
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Many a flower has bloomed and spentA
The secret of its passionate scentA
Upon the wilderness profoundA
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Translated by George DillonG
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Ill StarredA
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To bear a weight that cannot be borneN
Sisyphus even you aren't that strongL
Although your heart cannot be tornN
Time is short and Art is longL
Far from celebrated sepulchersC
Toward a solitary graveyardA
My heart like a drum muffled hardA
Beats a funeral march for the ill starredA
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Many jewels are buried or shroudedA
In darkness and oblivion's cloudsC
Far from any pick or drill bitA
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Many a flower unburdens with regretA
Its perfume sweet like a secretA
In profoundly empty solitude to sitA
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Translated by William A SiglerE

Charles Baudelaire



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