Analysis of Air Vif
Paul Eluard 1895 (Saint-Denis) – 1952 (Charenton-le-Pont)
I looked in front of me
In the crowd I saw you
Among the wheat I saw you
Beneath a tree I saw you
At the end of my journeys
In the depths of my torment
At the corner of every smile
Emerging from water and fire
Summer and winter I saw you
All through my house I saw you
In my arms I saw you
In my dreams I saw you
I will never leave you.
| Scheme | XAAA XXXX AAAA A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 001111 0101111 0101111 1011110 001111 101011001 010110010 10010111 1111111 011111 011111 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 332 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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