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 lourd | A |
| Sisyphe il faudrait ton courage | B |
| Bien qu'on ait du coeur l'ouvrage | B |
| L'Art est long et le Temps est court | A |
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| Loin des s pultures c l bres | C |
| Vers un cimeti re isol | D |
| Mon coeur comme un tambour voil | D |
| Va battant des marches fun bres | C |
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| Maint joyau dort enseveli | D |
| Dans les t n bres et l'oubli | D |
| Bien loin des pioches et des sondes | C |
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| Mainte fleur panche regret | A |
| Son parfum doux comme un secret | A |
| Dans les solitudes profondes | C |
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| Evil Fate | A |
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| To lift a weight so heavy | E |
| Would take your courage Sisyphus | C |
| Although one's heart is in the work | F |
| Art is long and Time is short | A |
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| Far from famous sepulchers | C |
| Toward a lonely cemetery | E |
| My heart like muffled drums | C |
| Goes beating funeral marches | C |
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| Many a jewel lies buried | A |
| In darkness and oblivion | G |
| Far far away from picks and drills | C |
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| Many a flower regretfully | E |
| Exhales perfume soft as secrets | C |
| In a profound solitude | A |
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| Translated by William Aggeler | E |
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| Ill Luck | H |
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| So huge a burden to support | A |
| Your courage Sisyphus would ask | I |
| Well though my heart attacks its task | I |
| Yet Art is long and Time is short | A |
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| Far from the famed memorial arch | J |
| Towards a lonely grave I come | K |
| My heart in its funereal march | J |
| Goes beating like a muffled drum | K |
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| Yet many a gem lies hidden still | D |
| Of whom no pick axe spade or drill | D |
| The lonely secrecy invades | C |
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| And many a flower to heal regret | A |
| Pours forth its fragrant secret yet | A |
| Amidst the solitary shades | C |
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| Translated by Roy Campbell | D |
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| Ill Starred | A |
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| A man would needs be brave and strong | L |
| As Sisyphus for such a task | I |
| It is not greater zeal I ask | I |
| But life is brief and art is long | L |
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| To a forsaken mound of clay | D |
| Where no admirers ever come | K |
| My heart like an invisible drum | K |
| Goes beating a dead march all day | D |
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| Many a jewel of untold worth | M |
| Lies slumbering at the core of earth | M |
| In darkness and oblivion drowned | A |
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| Many a flower has bloomed and spent | A |
| The secret of its passionate scent | A |
| Upon the wilderness profound | A |
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| Translated by George Dillon | G |
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| Ill Starred | A |
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| To bear a weight that cannot be borne | N |
| Sisyphus even you aren't that strong | L |
| Although your heart cannot be torn | N |
| Time is short and Art is long | L |
| Far from celebrated sepulchers | C |
| Toward a solitary graveyard | A |
| My heart like a drum muffled hard | A |
| Beats a funeral march for the ill starred | A |
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| Many jewels are buried or shrouded | A |
| In darkness and oblivion's clouds | C |
| Far from any pick or drill bit | A |
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| Many a flower unburdens with regret | A |
| Its perfume sweet like a secret | A |
| In profoundly empty solitude to sit | A |
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| Translated by William A Sigler | E |
Charles Baudelaire
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