Analysis of Hunted

Paul Eluard 1895 (Saint-Denis) – 1952 (Charenton-le-Pont)



A few grains of dust more or less
On ancient shoulders
Locks of weakness on weary foreheads
This theatre of honey and faded roses
Where incalcuable flies
Reply to the black signs that misery makes to them
Despairing girders of a bridge
Thrown across space
Thrown across every street and every house
Heavy wandering madnesses
That we shall end by knowing by heart
Mechanical appetites and uncontrolled dances
That lead to the regret of hatred

Nostalgia of justice


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Poetic Form
Metre 01111111 11010 11101101 110011001010 111 0110111100111 01010101 1011 101100101001 101001 111111011 01001000110 111001110 010110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 470
Words 80
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 13, 1
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 193
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Paul Eluard

Paul Éluard, born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel, was a French poet who was one of the founders of the surrealist movement. more…

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