Analysis of The Word
Paul Eluard 1895 (Saint-Denis) – 1952 (Charenton-le-Pont)
I have an easy beauty one that is happy.
I glide on the surface of winds.
I glide on the surface of seas
I have grown sentimental
I no longer know the guide
I no longer move silk over ice
I am diseased flowers and stones
I love the most chinese of nudes
I love the most naked lapses of wings
I am old but here I am beautiful
And the shadow that flows from the deep windows
Each evening spares the dark heart of my stare.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIDJK |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101011110 11101011 11101011 111010 1110101 111011101 11011001 11010111 1101101011 1111111100 0011110110 1101011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 417 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 331 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 87 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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