Analysis of I Said It To You
Paul Eluard 1895 (Saint-Denis) – 1952 (Charenton-le-Pont)
I said it to you for the clouds
I said it to you for the tree of the sea
For each wave for the birds in the leaves
For the pebbles of sound
For familiar hands
For the eye that becomes landscape or face
And sleep returns it the heaven of its colour
For all that night drank
For the network of roads
For the open window for a bare forehead
I said it to you for your thoughts for your words
Every caress every trust survives.
| Scheme | XXXXX XXXXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 11111101101 111101001 101011 10101 101101111 01011010111 11111 10111 10101010110 11111111111 10001100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 419 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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