La lyre du Faune et la musique des Tombeaux Renouveler l’alexandrin français à l’aune des prosodies latine et anglaise

Mallarmé’s poetry is the result of a major reflection on verse, turned towards the past in order to establish a new future. With his sensitivity to rhythmic metrics, Mallarmé could ­connect to prosodic writing, as illustrated by ­L’Après-midi ­d’un faune. The deepening of the potential musicality of verse is only fully realised in a syncretism which links rhythmic innovation and plastic equilibrium with the ancient alexandrine.