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 EPour 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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