Famous Verses: Who Wrote Them?
From Hugo to Aragon, we read you a line the world remembers: now match it to its pen.
What this quiz asks
- 1Who wrote 'Demain, dès l'aube, à l'heure où blanchit la campagne' (Tomorrow, at dawn, when the countryside turns white)?
- 2Which author opens a fable with 'La cigale, ayant chanté tout l'été, se trouva fort dépourvue' (The cicada, having sung all summer, found herself sorely short of food)?
- 3Who wrote 'C'est un trou de verdure où chante une rivière' (It's a green hollow where a river sings), the first line of Le Dormeur du val?
- 4Who wrote 'Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine, et nos amours' (Under the Mirabeau bridge flows the Seine, and our loves)?
- 5Who wrote 'Il pleure dans mon cœur comme il pleut sur la ville' (It weeps in my heart as it rains on the town)?
- 6Who opens a sonnet with 'Sois sage, ô ma Douleur, et tiens-toi plus tranquille' (Be calm, my Sorrow, and hold yourself more still)?
- 7Who wrote 'Mignonne, allons voir si la rose' (Sweetheart, let's go and see if the rose)?
- 8Who wrote 'Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage' (Happy the one who, like Ulysses, has made a fine journey)?
- 9Who repeats 'J'écris ton nom' (I write your name) before closing on the word 'Liberté'?
- 10Who wrote 'Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux' (There is no happy love), later sung by Brassens?
