‹ Crise de mètre ›. Le statut de la mesure en poésie et en musique autour de 1900

Abstract

In the last years of the 19th century, poetic forms as well as musical forms can be observed to have undergone a profound change with regard to the manner of structuring the flow of time. After having observed how in the course of the century and on both sides rhythm has come to break free from measure, the present article seeks to demonstrate that the ‘crisis of metre’ experienced by both art forms, rather than depending on the influence of one on the other, is to the contrary the symptom of a more profound change in the relationship with time, which the arts account for, each in its own fashion.